There are three words in the English language that end in the letters g-r-y. Two are "hungry" and "angry." Everyone knows what the third word means, and everyone uses it every day. What is the third word?
2006-07-20 01:57:22 · 15 answers · asked by themisslita 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
No one has got it yet. The answer is not language for this one. Read the question carefully. Thanks for all of your trys.
2006-07-20 02:09:47 · update #1
Nope. It's not gry or agree. Read the question... Nice try's!!
2006-07-20 02:41:36 · update #2
I am laughing too but, that is because, I know the answer to the question. These kind of riddles are mind boggling and can drive you nuts. Hint: The answerers are focusing on gry not g-r-y.
2006-07-20 05:00:26 · update #3
OK I GOT IT...ENERGY!
2006-07-20 02:04:56 · answer #1 · answered by why 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
miss Lita,
The answer as posted in the original quiz is, language.
However,neither, Webster's, Doubleday's complete English language or the board game Scrabble's official user's dictionary list the spelling of any English words ending in gry other than, hungry and angry that everybody knows and uses daily
The question as you read it originally posted is obviously meant to deify any normal or abnormal usage of the English language.
I can't help but to picture a couple of guy's sitting somewhere laughing their ***'s off thinking about the ruse they created.
2006-07-20 03:14:31 · answer #2 · answered by thomnjo2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Language.
2006-07-20 02:02:58 · answer #3 · answered by miketorse 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"gry"
\Gry\, n. [Gr ? syllable, bit.] 1. A measure equal to one tenth of a line. [Obs.] --Locke.
2. Anything very small, or of little value. [R.]
Also on dictionary.com, it has your little puzzle, but it says the answer there is "language", which doesn't make any sense becuase language obviously does not end in "gry"
2006-07-20 02:02:34 · answer #4 · answered by jshclhn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gry
2006-07-20 02:07:10 · answer #5 · answered by DollyLama 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The third word is language. (Three words in "the English language")
I answered this question last night and got a violation for it.
2006-07-20 02:03:56 · answer #6 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only Possible answer is GRY
2006-07-20 02:35:04 · answer #7 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, this question has been asked slight less than "How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll?"
Second, if you cruise the OED, you can find loads of archaic and obsolete words that end in gry.
THREE come to the forefront
The word GRY comes to mind.
anhungry is used, as it appeared in a Shakespeare play.
Puggry makes the scene as well.
And from wikipedia, here is a partial list
angry [OED; FW; W2; W3]
anhungry [OED:1:332; W2]
Badagry [Johnston; EB11; OED (see "Dahoman")]
Ballingry [Bartholomew:40; CLG:151; RD:164, pl.49]
begry [OED:1:770,767]
bewgry [OED:1:1160]
boroughmongry [OED (see "boroughmonger")]
bowgry [OED:1:1160]
braggry [OED:1:1047]
Bugry [TIG]
Chockpugry [Worcester]
Cogry [BBC]
cony-gry [OED:2:956]
conyngry [OED:2:956]
cottagry [OED (see "cottagery")]
Croftangry [DFC, as "Chrystal Croftangry"; OED (see "way")]
diamond-hungry [OED (see "Lorelei")]
dog-hungry [W2]
dogge-hungry [OED (see "canine")]
Dshagry [Stieler]
Dzagry [Andree]
eard-hungry [CED (see "yird"); CSD]
Echanuggry [Century:103-104, on inset map, Key 104 M 2]
Egry [France; TIG]
euer-angry [OED (see "ever")]
ever-angry [W2]
fenegry [OED (see "fenugreek")]
fire-angry [W2]
Gagry [EB11]
girl-hungry [OED (see "girl")]
gonagry [OED (see "gonagra")]
gry (from Latin _gry_) [OED:4/2:475; W2]
gry (from Romany _grai_) [W2]
haegry [EDD (see "hagery")]
half-angry [W2]
hangry [OED:1:329]
heart-angry [W2]
2006-07-20 02:03:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer and the third word is Language. :)
2006-07-20 02:03:40 · answer #9 · answered by Jo Ann 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
agree
2006-07-20 02:35:16 · answer #10 · answered by von1979 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
energy
2006-07-20 06:04:07 · answer #11 · answered by eight beers 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋