There's 3 words in the english language ending in 'gry'. Hungry, Angry and do you know the third one??????

Answer 1

The -Gry Puzzle is a popular puzzle that asks for the third English word, other than "angry" and "hungry," that ends with the letters "gry." Aside from words derived from "angry" and "hungry," there is no stand-alone word ending in "gry" that is in current usage.

Answer 2

Here one answer, in a nutshell, quoted from "Gry, Gry, Everywhere, and Not a Clue In Sight", from The Word Detective, the online version of Words, Wit and Wisdom, a newspaper column that answers readers' questions about words and language, and is currently syndicated in newspapers in the U.S., Mexico and Japan. Here is the gist of what its author has to say:

Perhaps the whole puzzler is more a grade school antic than anything else. The way I heard the setup for the question was this:

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 other answer also involves the way in which the riddle is posed, and will work only when spoken. It goes like this: "There are at least three commonly-used English words ending in 'g' or 'y'. One is 'hungry', the other is "angry'..." and so on. After the victim has been given time to be driven sufficiently nuts, the riddler is supposed to reveal the magic word, 'or', which, of course, sounded like 'r' in the spoken riddle. This one was reported in Marilyn Vos Savant's column, "Ask Marilyn", in the Parade supplement to the March 9, 1997 issue of the Arizona Republic.

Answer 3

"Angry" and "hungry" are two words that end in "gry".
There are three words in the English language. What is the
third word? Everyone knows what it means and everyone uses it
every day. Look closely and I have already given you the
third word. What is it?

Answer: "language".

This puzzle has circulated widely on the Internet for some
years, but usually in an abbreviated form such as "Name three
common English words ending in 'gry'", which has no good third
answer.

Answer 4

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. The third word is -energy- The riddle says that the word ends in the letters g-r-y but it says nothing about the order of the letters.

Answer 5

The actual truth is that
NO other common English word ends in -gry! It's a trick question -- and the trick, at least in some versions, has been lost. Word-puzzle fans and reference librarians have been trying for years to track the question's history to find the original answer. But to do that we need to know what the original question was. And there are several different versions in circulation purporting to be the original.

Answer 6

ALLEGRY, URRICARIA
This alarming condition is characterized by the sudden appearance of large weals on the skin. The muzzle, the ears, the vulva and sometimes the lower legs swell up. Very quickly the horse's condition looks distressing but in reality it is nor serious. Treatment with an antihistamine preparation by injection will soon resolve the symptoms. The condition is associated with a sudden change in the nature of the horse's food and often occurs shortly after spring turnout. The sudden intake of rich grass proteins upsets the system. A less severe condition follows inadvertent contact with young nettles. Presumably the horse does not notice the half-grown patch before starting to roll, thus collecting a few too many nettle stings. If the horse is obviously uncomfortable, showing signs of colic, sweating, breathing heavily and salivating, then do not wait but call for assistance at once. Urticaria can be one symptom of a systemic allergy to some foreign material, either a drug or some new food additive. Whatever the cause, the reaction is potentially serious and should be dealt with as soon as possible.

Hope that suffices.

Answer 7

Yes, The third word in "the English language" is "language". Hungry and Angry are irrelevant.

Answer 8

Yes, the other one is puggry, meaning a sort of light
scarf used to ward off the sun.
The OED also lists the word "gry", but I have
no idea what it means.

Answer 9

It's "gry" of course. The word means one tenth of a line, or something very small.

Answer 10

Why, it's Ballingry in Fife which I can just about see from the kitchen window.
I hope this puts a stop to your nonsense.