riddle

[casmells]

thought i've heard of a riddle that says there is
only three english words that end in the letters "gry".

i can only get two. i'm not sure if there even is a third.

anyone?

angry hungry and gry

[Shajen]

You want answers? I think I'm entitled. YOU WANT ANSWERS? (http://www.word-detective.com/gry.html)

[casmells]

is gry a word?

[chuddo]

and more answers and variations on this riddle. (http://www.fun-with-words.com/word_gry_angry_hungry.html)

meat-hungry.

[LetYouDown]

The answer to the riddle is "language". Do you see why?

[Shajen]

edit: SL_72 got it covered.

[SL__72]

aggry: Coloured and variegated glass beads of ancient manufacture, found buried in the ground in Africa. A word of unknown origin. Seemingly always used attributively, as in aggry beads.

braggry: A variant form of braggery. Obsolete.

conyngry: An obsolete dialectal variant of conyger, itself an obsolete term meaning “rabbit warren”.

gry: The smallest unit in Locke’s proposed decimal system of linear measurement, being the tenth of a line, the hundredth of an inch, and the thousandth of a (“philosophical”) foot. Also the grunt of a pig, an insignificant trifle, or a verb meaning to roar. Obsolete.

iggry: Egyptian colloquial Arabic pronunciation of ijri: “Hurry up!”, brought back after the First World War by members of British and Australian forces who had fought in Egypt.

meagry: Having a meagre appearance. Obsolete.

nangry: A variant form of angry. Obsolete.

podagry: Dodder, or the condition of a plant infested with it.

puggry: A variant form of puggree, a light turban or head-covering worn by inhabitants of the Indian subcontinent.

[jakethebake]

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is gry a word?

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Why don't you try a dictionary for God's sake? Now a break from our regular scheduled crappy thread...

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[benfranklin]

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thought i've heard of a riddle that says there is
only three english words that end in the letters "gry".

i can only get two. i'm not sure if there even is a third.

anyone?

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There are only 2 commonly used words that end in -gry: Words (http://rec-puzzles.org/sol.pl/language/english/spelling/gry)


The riddle is a play on words, and must be stated precisely:

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The correct form of this riddle is:

“Think of words ending in -gry. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? The word is something that everyone uses everyday. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is.”

Look familiar? The first two sentences have absolutely nothing to do with the riddle. They are there just to trick you.

So ‘what is the third word?’

The third word is actually “language” if you answer this question correctly.

“There are only three words in the English language.”

Get it? Three words? THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Last word language?


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[SL__72]

Supposedly the original riddle was verbal and was as follows:
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?

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nangry: A variant form of angry. Obsolete.


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I like this one. Man I was so Angry, I was like.... NANGRY dude.

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
thought i've heard of a riddle that says there is
only three english words that end in the letters "gry".

i can only get two. i'm not sure if there even is a third.

anyone?

[/ QUOTE ]

There are only 2 commonly used words that end in -gry: Words (http://rec-puzzles.org/sol.pl/language/english/spelling/gry)


The riddle is a play on words, and must be stated precisely:

[ QUOTE ]
The correct form of this riddle is:

“Think of words ending in -gry. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? The word is something that everyone uses everyday. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is.”

Look familiar? The first two sentences have absolutely nothing to do with the riddle. They are there just to trick you.

So ‘what is the third word?’

The third word is actually “language” if you answer this question correctly.

“There are only three words in the English language.”

Get it? Three words? THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Last word language?


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This would only make sense verbally, because writing the riddle out like this, one would have to say "The English Language". You have to include the quotes, and thus, the riddle is given away.

Verbally though, unless you are one of those losers who does the "air-quotes" when talking, nobody would catch this.

Did I just quote 'air-quotes'? lol. What a h*mo I am.