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

X
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1B # # # Y D I A M E T E R # #
2A # # # H Y G O L O I B # O #
3R # # # P # # # # # # # C # R
4O # H P A R G O M S I E S # E
5M A M A R # # # # # A # # # T
6E U A R G # # # # N # # # # E
7T T R A O # # # O # # # # # M
8E O G G T # # G E O L O G Y I
9R P E R O # R # # # # # # # R
10# I L A H A U T O M O B I L E
11# L E P P S Y C H O L O G Y P
12# O T H E R M O M E T E R # #
13# T E # # # # # # # # # # # #
14# R # # G E O M E T R Y # # #
15T E L E P H O N E # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
AUTOMOBILE  610e
AUTOPILOT  25s
BAROMETER  11s
BIOLOGY  122w
DIAMETER  71e
GEOLOGY  88e
GEOMETRY  514e
OCEANOGRAPHER  88sw
PARAGRAPH  44s
PERIMETER  1511n
PHOTOGRAPHY  511n
PSYCHOLOGY  511e
SEISMOGRAPH  124w
TELEGRAM  312n
TELEPHONE  115e
THERMOMETER  312e