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.

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

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1# # # # # # # Y # # Y # # # #
2# O # # # # # R R T H E # D B
3# # C S # # # T E O P N # I A
4# # # E # # # E T L A O # A R
5# # # I A # # M E I R H # M O
6Y # # S U N # O M P G P # E M
7G # Y M T P O E O O O E M T E
8O # G O O E # G M T T L A E T
9L # O G M R # E R U O E R R E
10O # L R O I # O E A H T G # R
11H # O A B M # L H # P # E # #
12C # I P I E # O T # # H L # #
13Y # B H L T # G # # # # E # #
14S # # # E E # Y # # # # T R #
15P A R A G R A P H # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
AUTOMOBILE  55s
AUTOPILOT  1010n
BAROMETER  152s
BIOLOGY  313n
DIAMETER  141s
GEOLOGY  88s
GEOMETRY  88n
OCEANOGRAPHER  88se
PARAGRAPH  115e
PERIMETER  67s
PHOTOGRAPHY  1111n
PSYCHOLOGY  115n
SEISMOGRAPH  44s
TELEGRAM  1314n
TELEPHONE  1210n
THERMOMETER  912n