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.

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

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1# # # # # # # # # # Y # # # #
2# O # # # # # Y # # H # # # #
3# T C # # # # G # # P # # # #
4# E S E I S M O G R A P H # #
5P L # R A # # L # # R A # Y A
6S E P E U N # O # # G R # R U
7Y G E T T R O E # # O A # T T
8C R R E O E R G # # T G # E O
9H A I M M T L E R # O R # M P
10O M M O O E # E T A H A # O I
11L # E M B M # # P E P P # E L
12O # T R I O # # # H M H # G O
13G # E E L R # # # # O A E # T
14Y # R H E A # # # # # N I R #
15# # # T # B I O L O G Y E D #
Word X Y Direction
AUTOMOBILE  55s
AUTOPILOT  155s
BAROMETER  615n
BIOLOGY  615e
DIAMETER  1314nw
GEOLOGY  88n
GEOMETRY  1412n
OCEANOGRAPHER  88se
PARAGRAPH  124s
PERIMETER  36s
PHOTOGRAPHY  1111n
PSYCHOLOGY  15s
SEISMOGRAPH  44e
TELEGRAM  23s
TELEPHONE  57se
THERMOMETER  415n