Words With Greek Origins

AUTOMOBILE
AUTOPILOT
BAROMETER
BIOLOGY
DIAMETER
GEOLOGY
GEOMETRY
OCEANOGRAPHER
PARAGRAPH
PERIMETER
PHOTOGRAPHY
PSYCHOLOGY
SEISMOGRAPH
TELEGRAM
TELEPHONE
THERMOMETER

Many words in the English language actually come from other languages. These words all contain the Greek roots graph (to write), meter (to measure), logy (to study), auto (self), tele (far).

Try to find all 16 words on this board.

Y G O L O E G Y G O L O I B D
D P X C D I A M E T E R V R R
Z Z Y H L O Y B E W G D E E E
X Y Q P A R A G R A P H P M T
Y H P A R G O T O H P T E E E
G R Z R H G P V T A S O R C M
E E U G Z R V I R U Y L I G O
N Y O O C W B G M T C I M I R
O O M M H Q O K A O H P E P A
H C Z S E N X Y R M O O T B B
P C E I A T N C G O L T E D R
E J M E P G R V E B O U R R U
L Q C S A B H Y L I G A J V Q
E O J N Z Y X J E L Y C H W C
T H E R M O M E T E R N U D Y
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Answer Key for Words With Greek Origins

X
Y
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1Y G O L O E G Y G O L O I B #
2# # # # D I A M E T E R # R R
3# # # H # # # # # # # # E # E
4# # # P A R A G R A P H P # T
5Y H P A R G O T O H P T E # E
6G # # R # # # # # A S O R # M
7E E # G # # # # R U Y L I # O
8N # O O # # # G M T C I M # R
9O # # M # # O # A O H P E # A
10H # # S E N # # R M O O T # B
11P # # I A T # # G O L T E # #
12E # # E # # R # E B O U R # #
13L # C S # # # Y L I G A # # #
14E O # # # # # # E L Y # # # #
15T H E R M O M E T E R # # # #
Word X Y Direction
AUTOMOBILE  106s
AUTOPILOT  1213n
BAROMETER  1510n
BIOLOGY  141w
DIAMETER  62e
GEOLOGY  71w
GEOMETRY  16se
OCEANOGRAPHER  88ne
PARAGRAPH  44e
PERIMETER  134s
PHOTOGRAPHY  115w
PSYCHOLOGY  115s
SEISMOGRAPH  412n
TELEGRAM  915n
TELEPHONE  115n
THERMOMETER  115e