okay.. i'll give u the first two
angry and hungry..
2007-02-10 01:09:40 · 8 answers · asked by venomous smile 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
You can blame the internet for the fiasco that this riddle has become. The correct question is:
Thinking of words that end in -gry, angry and hungry are two of them. There are three words in the English language, what is the third word?
Some versions go on to say that if you look closely you will see that I have already given you the word.
Look at the question closely. At no stage does it say there are three words ending in -gry nor does it ask you for a third word ending in -gry. It says there are three words in "the English language" and asks for the third word. The answer is "language".
It is a riddle, a trick, but it needs to be worded correctly.
There are, in fact, many other words that end in -gry but all of them are obscure. Gry, aggry, puggry and anhungry are four of them
2007-02-10 01:23:22 · answer #1 · answered by tentofield 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
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" , 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!
f.e. The answer may be- I am hungry.
The question asks for three words that end in "-gry", but does not say that they each must end in "-gry."
2007-02-10 09:33:08 · answer #2 · answered by Irisha 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no third word in the English language that ends in 'gry.' Only 'angry,' and 'hungry.'
2007-02-10 09:19:30 · answer #3 · answered by djbest1973 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Searching the Oxford v2 gives these results:
1aggry, aggri
2a-hungry, a.
3angry, a.
4angry, v.
5angry, n.
6an-hungry, a.
7begry
8conyngarye, conyngry, conyrie
9dog-hungry
10ever-angry
11fire-angry
12gry, n.
13gry, v.
14gry-
15heart-angry
16heart-hungry
17higry pigry
18hound-hungry
19hungry, a.
20iggri, iggry, int.
21job-hungry
22land-hungry
23leather-hungry
24mad-angry
25mad-hungry
26man-hungry
27meagry, a.
28meat-hungry
29menagry, menal
30music-hungry
31nangry, a.
32podagry
33power-hungry
34profit-hungry
35sensation-hungry
36sex-angry
37sight-hungry
38skugry
39unangry, a.
40war-hungry
41 yerd-hungry
2007-02-10 11:07:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the third word is GRY itself :)
gry= small amount
so ANGRY, HUNGRY, GRY.
2007-02-10 18:22:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
got it - AUGRY meaning: with browned cheese crust.
There's also "auger"- tool for boring holes in wood.
The action is augrying or simply as a verb "to augry," which means to use the tool for that purpose.
2007-02-10 10:54:37 · answer #6 · answered by ari-pup 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scrungy. That's the only word I could think of.
2007-02-10 09:25:52 · answer #7 · answered by Ebonique 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Trick question... there is no other word.
2007-02-10 09:15:44 · answer #8 · answered by jane 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋