I was told that there are three English words that end in the letters "gry"... hungry, angry, and what?

Answer 1

Nothing. See the webpage below for a complete description.

http://www.snopes.com/language/puzzlers/gry.asp

Answer 2

My favorite word which fits the bill is: Skugry--an obsolete Scottish word and precursor to scuggery, meaning concealment or secrecy.

Also pugry is a rare form of puggary, a Hindi word for turban.

This is an old riddle, the answer of which is supposed to be some clever form of semantics depending on how the question is worded. The point is supposed to be that there are in fact only two English words ending in -gry, . If the questioner wrote, "What is the third word ?" then the answer he is looking for is "what". Get it. "What"--is the third word.
Kind of stupid, isn't it. I found it more interesting to actually find some wierd archaic words which ended in -gry, and I will give you a link to a great site for word origins and grammar questions which is informative and entertaining.
(This link also has a list if several archaic words ending in -gry).

Answer 3

That is supposedly a trick question (not a very interesting 'trick' I'm sure you'll agree). It's like the old "I have two coins that add up to 30 cents, and one of them isn't a nickel" thing....

Once you've got the questioner to restate his question without the weasel words, you can respond with any of the following

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gry#Words_and_names_that_end_in_-gry

Answer 4

i do think that you've got your letters bacwards, as a consequence there is not any 3rd phrase or perhaps a moment or first. so preview your query subsequent time earlier than you post it! bought that?

Answer 5

It's an old riddle!
Go to:

http://www.fun-with-words.com/word_gry_angry_hungry.html

Answer 6

fungry (f**king hungry)

and fangry (f**king angry)

Answer 7

and nothing. it's a riddle that can't be answered.

Answer 8

fagry