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.

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

X
Y
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1# # # # A U T O P I L O T # #
2R O # # # # H P A R G A R A P
3E # C # D # # # # # # # # # S
4T # S E I S M O G R A P H # Y
5E # # # A U T O M O B I L E C
6M # # # M N # E # # # # # # H
7O # E # E # O G L # # # # # O
8R # N # T # # G E E # # # # L
9A # O # E # # # R O G # # # O
10B # H # R # # # # A L R # # G
11Y H P A R G O T O H P O A # Y
12# # E B I O L O G Y # H G M #
13# # L # G E O M E T R Y E Y #
14# P E R I M E T E R # # # R #
15# # T H E R M O M E T E R # #
Word X Y Direction
AUTOMOBILE  55e
AUTOPILOT  51e
BAROMETER  110n
BIOLOGY  412e
DIAMETER  54s
GEOLOGY  87se
GEOMETRY  513e
OCEANOGRAPHER  88se
PARAGRAPH  152w
PERIMETER  214e
PHOTOGRAPHY  1111w
PSYCHOLOGY  152s
SEISMOGRAPH  44e
TELEGRAM  75se
TELEPHONE  315n
THERMOMETER  315e