2007-01-09 13:58:51 · 8 answers · asked by Rex K 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
That is a trick question.
some say GRY, others say ANHUNGRY, more say PUGGRY (but that is an alternative spelling)
2007-01-09 14:11:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
This riddle has been around for a very long time. Since the internet, however, it has been modified out of all recognition and numerous wrongly worded versions circulate resulting in the total confusion we see here.
The riddle is on a par with the famous one:
Antidisestablishmentarianism is a very long word. How do you spell it?
Answer: I - T
The correct wording for the "gry" puzzle is:
"Angry" and "hungry" are two words that end in "gry". There are three words in the English language, what is the third word?
Some versions add: If you look at this question very carefully, you will see that I have already told you what it is.
The question is a trick. It asks "There are three words in 'the English language', what is the third word?" the answer is "language".
Word the question correctly and it makes sense.
2007-01-09 14:43:59 · answer #2 · answered by tentofield 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have seen 2 different answers to this riddle. One is the word "anhungry" and the other is "meagry". Good luck.
2007-01-09 14:07:20 · answer #3 · answered by ruby 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The real answer is that the puzzle you are attempting to solve has no solution. That puzzle started in 1975.
Here's the Link:
http://www.fun-with-words.com/word_gry_angry_hungry.html
Mack
2007-01-09 14:09:12 · answer #4 · answered by Big Mack 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually "gry" is a word
2007-01-09 14:04:56 · answer #5 · answered by melissa_marie45 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
search on yahoo answers.
affect-hungry [OED (see "sado-masochism")]
aggry [OED:1:182; W2; W3]
agry / Agry:
Agry [OED (see "snappily")]
Agry [GNS]
Agry Dagh (Mount Agry) [EB/11:15:682 (as "Agry-dagh"); Partridge/2 (as "Agry Dagh"); Stieler:49 R18 and Stieler/Index:3 (as "Agry-Dag")]
ahungry [OED:1:194; FW; W2]
air-hungry [OED (see "Tel Avivian")]
angry [OED; FW; W2; W3]
anhungry [OED:1:332; W2]
Badagry [Johnston; EB/11; GNS; OED (see "Dahoman")]
Bagry [GNS]
Ballingry [Bartholomew:40; CLG:151; GNS; RD:164, pl.49]
begry [OED:1:770,767]
Bellangry [GNS]
Beregovyye Langry [GNS]
bewgry [OED:1:1160]
Bol’shiye Tugry (GNS]
"boongry maugry" [Partridge/2] — created by Partridge, for purposes of satire, from bongre maugre, willy-nilly; cf. maugry
boroughmongry [OED (see "boroughmonger")]
bowgry [OED:1:1160]
braggry [OED:1:1047]
Bugry — cf. Chistyye Bugry, Golyye Bugry, Peschanyye Bugry [GNS; Times/IG]
Bungry — see Hungry Bungry
Chagry [GNS]
Changry [GNS]
Chistyye Bugry [GNS]
Chockpugry [Worcester]
Cogry [BBC]
cony-gry [OED:2:956]
conyngry [OED:2:956]
cottagry [OED (see "cottagery")]
croftangry / Croftangry:
croftangry [OED (see "way")]
Croftangry — Mr. Chrystal Croftangry, fictitious editor of The Chronicles of Canongate, by Sir Walter Scott, 1827-28. The Chronicles of Canongate is an inclusive title for Scott's novels, The Highland Widow, The Two Drovers, and The Fair Maid of Perth, to which the author attached the fiction that they were written by Mr. Chrystal Croftangry, who draws on the recollections of his old friend, Mrs. Bethune Baliol, a resident in the Canongate, Edinburgh. Mr. Croftangry's own story, notable among Scott's shorter sketches, forms an introduction to the Chronicles. [Barnhart:1:1134; Freeman/1:101; Freeman/2:109; OCEL/5:241,197,461; Scott:2:234-329; Walsh:110] — "a pseudonym of Sir Walter Scott; the name of the imaginary editor of his "Chronicles of the Canongate." [Wheeler:88]
de Pélegry — see Pélegry
diamond-hungry [OED (see "Lorelei")]
dog-hungry [W2]
dogge-hungry [OED (see "canine")]
Dygry [GNS]
Dshagry [Stieler]
Džagry [Andrees:43 (141 L 7)]
Dzhagry [GNS; OSN/42:2:325; Times/7:61 (44 G8); Times/IG:233 (44 G8)]
eard-hungry [CED (see "yird"); CSD]
Echanuggry [Century:103-104, on inset map, Key 104 M 2]
Égry [DNCF:376; France(?); GNSl; OSN/83:1:335; Times/IG:239
euer-angry [OED (see "ever")]
ever-angry [W2]
fenegry [OED (see "fenugreek")]
fire-angry [W2]
Gagry — cf. Novyye Gagry [EB/11; GNS]
Garrynagry [GNS]
girl-hungry [OED (see "girl")]
Golyye Bugry [GNS]
gonagry [OED (see "gonagra")]
gry / Gry / GRY:
gry (from Latin gry) [OED:4/2:475; W2]
gry (from Romany grai) [W2]
Gry (given name: Gry Bagøien, alias Gry, a female singer from Denmark) [Wiki]
gry / GRY acronyms, initialisms, and abbreviations:
GRY — Granada, Spain (airport symbol) [AIAD:1403]
gry — abbr. gray [ADA]
GRY — Gray Drug Stores, Inc. (New York Stock Exchange delisted symbol) [AIAD:1403]
GRY — abbr. all cap. Grayling Air Service, Grayling, Alaska (TAH [The Airline Handbook] code) [TAH:281]
GRY — abbr. Greymouth, New Zealand (seismograph station code, United States Geological Survey); closed [AIAD:1403; Poppe]
GRY — abbr. Greystoke Exploration (Vancouver Stock Exchange symbol [AIAD:1403]
GRY — abbr. all cap. Grimsey, Iceland (airport symbol) [AIAD:1403; OAG]
haegry [EDD (see "hagery")]
half-angry [W2]
hangry [OED:1:329]
heart-angry [W2]
heart-hungry [W2]
higry pigry [OED:5/1:285]
hogry [EDD (see "huggerie"); CSD]
hogrymogry [EDD (see "huggerie"); CSD (as "hogry-mogry")]
hongry [OED:5/1:459; EDD:3:282]
hound-hungry [OED (see "hound")]
houngry [OED (see "minx")]
huggrymuggry [EDD (see "huggerie"); CSD (as "huggry-muggry")]
hund-hungry [OED (see "hound")]
hungry [OED; FW; W2; W3]
Hungry Bungry [DI]
hwngry [OED (see "quart")]
"igry" [Partridge/2] — from "... igry slov of the Slavs." — created by Partridge for purposes of satire
iggry [OED]
Jagry [EB/11:23-874 (II. D4)]
job-hungry [OED (see "gadget")]
Kagry [GNS]
kaingry [EDD (see "caingy")]
Kiegry [GNS]
and some.
2007-01-09 14:04:03 · answer #6 · answered by Donovan G 5 · 1⤊ 4⤋
energy
2007-01-09 14:06:01 · answer #7 · answered by Billy FZ1 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋
orgy
2007-01-09 14:49:02 · answer #8 · answered by curiosity killed the ? 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋