This version only works when spoken: There are three words in English that end in "gree." The first two are "angry" and "hungry," and if you've listened closely, you'll agree that I've already told you the third one.
The answer is "agree."
There are three words in the English language that end in the letters g-r-y. Two are "hungry" and "angry." Everyone knows what the third word means, and everyone uses it every day. What is the third word?
The answer is "energy." The riddle says that the word ends in the letters g-r-y; it says nothing about the order of the letters.
The Ask Marilyn column in Parade magazine on March 9, 1997 featured this spoken version: There are at least three words in the English language that end in g or y. One of them is "hungry," and another one is "angry." There is a third word, a short one, which you probably say every day. If you are listening carefully to everything I say, you just heard me say it three times. What is it?
The answer is "say." This version depends upon the listener confusing the spoken word "or" and the spoken letter r.
There are three words in the English language that end in "gry." Two words that end in "gry" are "hungry" and "angry." Everyone knows what the third word means, and everyone uses them every day. If you listened very carefully, I have already stated to you what the third word is. The three words that solve this riddle are...?
The answer is the three-word sentence "I am hungry." This version asks for three words that end in "gry," not three words each of which end in "gry."
This version is a play on the use-mention ambiguity exploited by other versions: I know two words that end in "gry." Neither one is angry or hungry. What are they?
The answer is "angry" and "hungry." Since these are words, they are not angry or hungry.
Here is a version invented by Frank Rubin on December 4, 2003: Give me three English words, commonly spoken, ending in g-r-y.
There are many possible answers, such as "Beg for mercy," or "Bring your money."
There are three words in the English language that end g-r-y. One is "angry," another is "hungry." The third word is something that "everyone" uses. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is.
The answer is "every," and the logic is as follows: There are three words, ending g, r, and y. The first is "fuming," ending in g and meaning angry. The second is "eager," ending in r and meaning hungry. The third is "every," ending in y and clearly something that the word "everyone" uses.
2007-07-05 16:43:09
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answer #1
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answered by CharmedTeri 2
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Language
2007-07-05 16:41:20
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answer #2
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answered by jcklbp 1
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The -Gry Puzzle is a wellknown puzzle that asks for the 3rd phrase, rather than "indignant" and "hungry," that ends with the letters "gry." Aside from phrases derived from "indignant" and "hungry," there's no stand-on my own phrase finishing in "gry" that's in present utilization
2016-09-05 16:06:30
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answered by vignola 4
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This question has been asked a thousand times on here, and the answer is still the same. It is a trick question, and there isn't any particular right answer. Check out this site:
www.fun2play.com/gry
2007-07-05 16:42:29
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answer #4
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answered by ♂ ♫ Timberwolf 7
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It used to be old question. From the Oxford Dictionary this is the answer .. . please confirm.
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
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puggry -- an Indian turban; a scarf worn around a sun helmet.
mawgry -- from Old French: being regarded with displeasure.
aggry -- colored glass beads worn by Africans.
2007-07-05 17:24:38
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answer #5
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answered by DragonHeart 4
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According to a scrabble-like game on my computer, the words are ANGRY, HUNGRY, and PUGGRY (this last word is defined as "a light scarf wound around a hat or helmet to protect one's head from the sun", and is a Hindu word from India).
2007-07-05 20:06:27
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answer #6
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answered by jan51601 7
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For our Asian friends visitibg the US, I'd say its a phrase they use often when confronted by our citizens who are less than sensitive to foreigners. "Those ugry Americans."
2007-07-08 07:47:31
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answer #7
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answered by GRUMPY 4
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this question has been asked before.
click this link http://answers.yahoo.com/search/search_result;_ylt=Ap2spudkeWHwUnBk8skKdXEjzKIX?p=ends+in+gry
2007-07-05 17:44:17
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answered by naddie-licious 2
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a linguistic trick... it's language
2007-07-05 16:43:17
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answered by carol 3
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