A RIDDLE THAT'LL KILL YOUR BRAIN!
This is going to make you so MAD! There are three words in the English language that end in "gry" ONE is angry and the other is hungry. EveryONE knows what the third ONE means and what it stands for. EveryONE uses them everyday, and if you listened very carefully, I've given you the third word. What is it? _______gry?
2006-07-19 03:57:02 · 10 answers · asked by cOVagUrL 4 in Games & Recreation ➔ Other - Games & Recreation
Thats easy! Been on here loads! The riddle has been going for 20 years and in its original wording, the 3rd word required is actually LANGUAGE!
How is this figured?
Here is the riddle in its original form (going back about 20 years):
"Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them. 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."
In its proper, original form, the first two sentences have absolutely nothing to do with the question: "Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them." Ignore those two sentences. They are there only to throw you off course. (And it worked, didn't it?) What's left is the actual riddle itself: "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 key is the phrase "the English language." In this three-word phrase, the third word is simply the word "language." Get it? "Language" is definitely something that "everyone uses every day"! Without that quirky little twist, the puzzle would be just another trivia question, not a riddle.
Hope this helps!
2006-07-19 04:00:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 9⤊ 1⤋
There are three words in the English language that end with "gry." One is hungry and the other is angry. What is the third word? Everyone uses this word every day, everyone knows what it means, and knows what it stands for. If you have listened very closely I have already told you the third word.
If you read the second sentence you see that the "third" word is "hungry".
The author is writing here about the third word in the second sentence of the riddle, exactly as quoted, NOT some mythical third commonly used English word ending in "-gry". We admit this is a rather stupid riddle, but then we we didn't make it up; we just answer it, over, and over, and over.
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2006-07-19 11:02:54 · answer #2 · answered by parsonsel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer is: three. The question can also go like this:
Think of words ending in "-gry". "Angry" and "hungry" are two of them. 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.
It is the third word of "the English language". The question needs to be spoken, otherwise the quotation marks give away the trick.
2006-07-19 11:13:39 · answer #3 · answered by Artistic Prof. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The third word is "language". There are three word in "the English language", therefore the third word is language.
2006-07-19 11:09:01 · answer #4 · answered by Joe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are only two words and those are the two words that you already mentioned. That is why the person gave you the answer to the first two words.
2006-07-19 11:02:03 · answer #5 · answered by Nicole C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The third word is "three".
2006-07-19 11:03:36 · answer #6 · answered by Gone fishin' 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry I Dont Know
2006-07-19 11:01:40 · answer #7 · answered by shashi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
gry
2006-07-19 11:00:02 · answer #8 · answered by merigold00 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
angry
hungry
gry
there are youre three words 10 points please
2006-07-19 11:00:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
shitgry i don't know!!!
2006-07-19 11:09:13 · answer #10 · answered by Coop 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋