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Anonymous asked in Education & ReferenceWords & Wordplay · 2 decades ago

there are 3 words in the english language that end in GRY hungry and angry are 2 what is the third one?.?.?.?.

the third word can only be in the english language, no antanmys or abbrevations of words.

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  • 2 decades ago
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    So, what is the solution to this riddle? As it's written above, the riddle makes little sense and has no solution. If you wanted to stretch at it, you could claim the answer was "three" ("the third word" in the message), but this was not likely the intention of the riddle's creator. That's because the version above is the result of years of mangling the riddle's structure and meaning until it just doesn't make any sense. However, when written properly, the riddle has a definite - and somewhat clever - solution:

    "Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two. There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? The word is something that everyone uses every day. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is."

    The answer is "Language." The first two sentences are unrelated to the riddle and only there to throw you off. Thus, the core riddle is "There are only three words in "the English language." What is the third word?"

    Fact is, there are many more than three words in the English language that end in -gry, though none of them are nearly as common as "angry" and "hungry". Nobody seems to know how the current form of the riddle came to be (for instance, why "ONE" is capitalized), but there are at least 6 other variations floating around. Most of them make as little sense as this one.

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    5 years ago

    The -Gry Puzzle is a general puzzle that asks for the 3rd phrase, rather than "irritated" and "hungry," that ends with the letters "gry." Aside from phrases derived from "irritated" and "hungry," there's no stand-on my own phrase finishing in "gry" that's in present utilization

  • 2 decades ago

    I have heard that the answer is language. I don't really get it, but sure there is an answer.

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  • 2 decades ago

    Meagry?

  • 2 decades ago

    there isn't - the only one close is "agree" because of how it sounds

  • 2 decades ago

    mawgry

  • 2 decades ago

    i can just guess one....

    ANGRY

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