The first two are easy -
2007-01-07 08:55:00 · 18 answers · asked by John P 6 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
This was a good joke...haha I caught on before it was to late.
2007-01-07 09:05:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
hungry, angry,
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. Both Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (Merriam-Webster, Inc., 2002, ISBN 0-87779-201-1) and the Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition (Oxford University Press, 1989, ISBN 0-19-861186-2) contain the compound word "aggry bead." To find a third word ending in -gry that is not part of a phrase, you must turn to archaic, obsolete, or uncommon words, or personal or place names, a comprehensive list of which is given at the end of this article.
2007-01-07 17:05:06 · answer #2 · answered by Britanie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This question was asked earlier, and the correct answer given.
The problem is that the riddle has been asked incorrectly.
The correct riddle reads approximately as follows:
Two words that end in "gry" are angry and hungry. There are three words in the English language. What is the third word?
The answer is "language." While the question implies that the third word that is being asked for ends in "gry," as stated it just refers to the phrase "the English language." The first sentence is merely to mislead the hearer or reader, and make it a riddle.
And, by the way, there are not three words in common usage in the English language that end in "gry."
2007-01-07 17:18:08 · answer #3 · answered by geo1944 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
The answer is energy.
The question (riddle) asks for a word ending with the three letters g-r-y, but does not stipulate that they must be in that order.
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This is the (presumed) original version of the puzzle from 1975. The possible answers (if obsolete words, names, and hyphenated compounds of "angry" and "hungry" are allowed) are plentiful. Most of the 124 listed below were in the 1933 edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, and all have appeared in some major dictionary of English:
affect-hungry fire-angry MacLoingry Seagry
aggry Gagry mad-angry self-angry
Agry girl-hungry mad-hungry selfe-angry
ahungry gonagry magry sensation-hungry
air-hungry gry malgry sex-angry
anhungry haegry man-hungry sex-hungry
Badagry half-angry managry Shchigry
Ballingry hangry mannagry shiggry
begry heart-angry Margry Shtchigry
bewgry heart-hungry maugry sight-hungry
boroughmongry higry pigry mawgry skugry
bowgry hogry meagry Sygry
braggry hogrymogry meat-hungry Tangry
Bugry hongry menagry Tchangry
Chockpugry hound-hungry messagry Tchigry
Cogry houngry music-hungry tear-angry
cony-gry huggrymuggry nangry th'angry
conyngry hund-hungry overangry tike-hungry
cottagry Hungry Bungry Pelegry Tingry
Croftangry hwngry Pingry toggry
diamond-hungry iggry Podagry ulgry
dog-hungry Jagry Pongry unangry
dogge-hungry job-hungry pottingry vergry
Dshagry kaingry power-hungry Vigry
Dzagry land-hungry profit-hungry vngry
eard-hungry Langry puggry war-hungry
Echanuggry leather-hungry pugry Wigry
Egry ledderhungry red-angry wind-hungry
euer-angry life-hungry rungry yeard-hungry
ever-angry Lisnagry scavengry yird-hungry
fenegry losengry Schtschigry Ymagry
2007-01-07 17:06:44 · answer #4 · answered by 26 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
angry, hungry, and agree =)
there is no real answer.. this question simply started when one person asked what 3 english words CONTAIN gry, the third being gryphon, and messed up the question. now everybody thinks there are 3 english words that end in gry, when there aren't. ARGH!
2007-01-07 17:06:30 · answer #5 · answered by Konrad 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
affect-hungry fire-angry MacLoingry Seagry
aggry Gagry mad-angry self-angry
Agry girl-hungry mad-hungry selfe-angry
ahungry gonagry magry sensation-hungry
air-hungry gry malgry sex-angry
anhungry haegry man-hungry sex-hungry
Badagry half-angry managry Shchigry
Ballingry hangry mannagry shiggry
begry heart-angry Margry Shtchigry
bewgry heart-hungry maugry sight-hungry
boroughmongry higry pigry mawgry skugry
bowgry hogry meagry Sygry
braggry hogrymogry meat-hungry Tangry
Bugry hongry menagry Tchangry
Chockpugry hound-hungry messagry Tchigry
Cogry houngry music-hungry tear-angry
cony-gry huggrymuggry nangry th'angry
conyngry hund-hungry overangry tike-hungry
cottagry Hungry Bungry Pelegry Tingry
Croftangry hwngry Pingry toggry
diamond-hungry iggry Podagry ulgry
dog-hungry Jagry Pongry unangry
dogge-hungry job-hungry pottingry vergry
Dshagry kaingry power-hungry Vigry
Dzagry land-hungry profit-hungry vngry
eard-hungry Langry puggry war-hungry
Echanuggry leather-hungry pugry Wigry
Egry ledderhungry red-angry wind-hungry
euer-angry life-hungry rungry yeard-hungry
ever-angry Lisnagry scavengry yird-hungry
fenegry losengry Schtschigry Ymagry
2007-01-07 17:08:14 · answer #6 · answered by Starr H 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i know two of them ......hungry and angry but i don't know the last one you can go to answers.com and type either hungry or angry in and after that you can look for related words thatend with gry
2007-01-07 17:26:27 · answer #7 · answered by sweetie_pie 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Energy
2007-01-07 17:13:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Angry and hungry come to mind but for the last go to this website.
http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/gry.htm
2007-01-07 16:58:39 · answer #9 · answered by Shoe Lover 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Angry, Hungry and Energy.
The question asks for a word ending with the three letters g-r-y, but it didn't say that they must be in that order.
And "puggry" is a word,(a.k.a. puggaree).
Darn you shakespere
2007-01-07 17:04:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋