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.

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

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1# Y G O L O H C Y S P # # # #
2# O # # # P A R A G R A P H G
3# # C R E T E M O R A B # # E
4# # S E I S M O G R A P H # O
5# # # # A U T O M O B I L E L
6# # # # # N # E # # # # # # O
7# # # # # # O # L # # # # # G
8Y R T E M O E G # E # # # # Y
9# # R E T E M I R E P # # # #
10# T O L I P O T U A # H # # #
11Y H P A R G O T O H P # O # #
12Y G O L O I B # # # # H # N #
13# D I A M E T E R # # # E # E
14# # # # M A R G E L E T # R #
15# R E T E M O M R E H T # # #
Word X Y Direction
AUTOMOBILE  55e
AUTOPILOT  1010w
BAROMETER  123w
BIOLOGY  712w
DIAMETER  113e
GEOLOGY  152s
GEOMETRY  88w
OCEANOGRAPHER  88se
PARAGRAPH  62e
PERIMETER  119w
PHOTOGRAPHY  1111w
PSYCHOLOGY  111w
SEISMOGRAPH  44e
TELEGRAM  1214w
TELEPHONE  75se
THERMOMETER  1215w