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THERE ARE 3 WORDS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE THAT END IN "GRY". ONE WORD IS ANGRY. ANOTHER WORD IS HUNGRY. WHAT IS THE THIRD WORD IN THE RIDDLE. .....anybody??
-Todd
 
Well, there's Gry.


Gry \Gry\, n. [Gr ? syllable, bit.] 1. A measure equal to one tenth of a line. [Obs.] --Locke.

2. Anything very small, or of little value. [R.]


Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
 
Nah, I thought of that Mark. "3" is not a word, it is the literal symbol of a digit value, whereas "three" is definitely a word.
 
I found a few:

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

Gotta love google. :D But it is a trick question, as no three commonly used words end in GRY.
 
aggry

\Ag"gry\, Aggri \Ag"gri\, a. Applied to a kind of variegated glass beads of ancient manufacture; as, aggry beads are found in Ashantee and Fantee in Africa.


Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
 
Mr. TODD1 has actually told this old riddle incorrectly.

The correct wording is:

Angry and hungry are two words that end in '-gry'. There are three words in the English language. What is the third word? Everyone knows what it means and everyone uses it every day. What is it?

The answer is: Language.

Read the riddle carefully, perhaps outloud. Pay particular attention to the punctuation.
 
Pay particular attention to the punctuation.

There are three words in the English language.


The original riddle is supposed to contain apostrophes around "the English language;" thus language being the answer to this particular version of the riddle.
 
Damn guys!! I couldn't think of any??? Well since that one was told wrong heres another one.
"How far into the woods can you walk".Doesn't matter how large or small the woods are. :p
Thanks for playing -Todd
 
Ok, here's one. Kinda corny, but very real in my line of work. You find yourself in an enemy minefield. How long do you have to get out?
 
m1marty said:
Ok, here's one. Kinda corny, but very real in my line of work. You find yourself in an enemy minefield. How long do you have to get out?
The rest of your life :D

I heard it as: When you're jumping and your main chute fails, how long do you have to deploy to reserve chute?
 
I hate riddles, I suck at them. I never get them. That part of the Hobbit with Bilbo and Golem, I'd have just cut the bastard and been done with it. That whole riddle thing pissed me off. ;) It is wierd though, I love puns, double entendres and plays on words. I do appreciate the cleverness of a riddle, after I'm told the answer. It just pisses me off that I never figure them out.
 
TODD1 said:
THERE ARE 3 WORDS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE THAT END IN "GRY". ONE WORD IS ANGRY. ANOTHER WORD IS HUNGRY. WHAT IS THE THIRD WORD IN THE RIDDLE. .....anybody??
-Todd
The third word in the riddle is WORDS.
 
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