There are three words in the english language that end in "gry", angry is one and hungry is another. What is the third word?
2006-11-12 04:12:11 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
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2006-11-12 04:14:14 · answer #1 · answered by ♥michele♥ 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Without a doubt the most common question we receive from visitors to Fun-with-words.com is about the famous "-gry" puzzle, so we've decided to put the story of this curious puzzle on the site. Here it is.
The puzzle is essentially this: There are three English words ending in "-gry". Two are "angry" and "hungry". What is the third one?
There is no other common word ending in "-gry", so how did the puzzle come about? It first appeared in print in 1975.
Perhaps the answer to the original version of the puzzle was meagry or aggry (as in "aggry bead"). There are over 100 obsolete words that end in "-gry" (see below), and these two were in use until fairly recently. However, since there is no longer a real answer to this, modern versions of the puzzle have turned from being puzzles to being riddles. There are perhaps as many as a dozen versions in circulation - each with a different answer!
. 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. This version apparently originated in 1996.
2006-11-12 04:19:45 · answer #2 · answered by P!ss Ant 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I am hungry. Get it? Three words and they end in "gry." I know thats not the answer. There isn't a third word is there? It's a trick question. Is that right?!
2006-11-12 04:17:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
let's examine if i will be able to get em a million. sandbox two. guy overboard three. I appreciate four. studying among the strains five. lengthy undies 6. avenue-crossing crossed roads 7. downtown eight. tricycle nine. unlevel 10. can not learn that eleven. neon gentle 12. circles beneath the eyes thirteen. Big Chair lol 14. roll the cube 15. landing sixteen. 6 toes underground 17. brain over topic 18. he is by way of himself, he is into himself ... 19. backward look 20. existence after loss of life
2016-09-01 11:17:30 · answer #4 · answered by cheuvront 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
language
2006-11-12 04:29:25 · answer #5 · answered by lexie 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
LANGUAGE IS THE THIRD WORD LMAO
2006-11-12 04:32:06 · answer #6 · answered by chass_lee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no other word. I love how this question stumps people. They, sadly, will never learn the truth. But it sure is fun laughing at them.
2006-11-12 04:24:47 · answer #7 · answered by Brian.E 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
"what" is the third word
2006-11-12 04:18:35 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I give up
2006-11-12 04:35:35 · answer #9 · answered by Yasir 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
haha! is it "language"?
2006-11-12 04:14:59 · answer #10 · answered by CoolChick2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋