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

[casmells]

is gry a word?

[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...

[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.

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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.

[Shajen]

You want answers? I think I'm entitled. YOU WANT ANSWERS?

[chuddo]

and more answers and variations on this riddle.

meat-hungry.

[LetYouDown]

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

[Shajen]

edit: SL_72 got it covered.