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

X
Y
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1Y D I A M E T E R # # # # # R
2G O # # # H P A R G A R A P E
3O # C # # # E N O H P E L E T
4L # S E I S M O G R A P H # E
5O # # # A U T O M O B I L E M
6E # # # # N Y E # # # # # # O
7G # # # # # O G L # # # # # M
8Y R T E M O E G O E # # # # R
9# # # # # # # # R L G # # # E
10# T O L I P O T U A O R # # H
11Y H P A R G O T O H P I A # T
12# # B A R O M E T E R H B M #
13# # # # # # # # # # # # E # #
14P E R I M E T E R # # # # R #
15# # # Y G O L O H C Y S P # #
Word X Y Direction
AUTOMOBILE  55e
AUTOPILOT  1010w
BAROMETER  312e
BIOLOGY  1312nw
DIAMETER  11e
GEOLOGY  17n
GEOMETRY  88w
OCEANOGRAPHER  88se
PARAGRAPH  142w
PERIMETER  114e
PHOTOGRAPHY  1111w
PSYCHOLOGY  1315w
SEISMOGRAPH  44e
TELEGRAM  75se
TELEPHONE  153w
THERMOMETER  1511n