The Myth of 3 Words Ending in 'GRY'

the third word is language. You have to read the riddle carefully. "The English Language" is part of the riddle. (the third word is language)
hope this helps you!

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. Look closely and I have already given you the third word. What is it?

The answer is 'language'. The key sentences are the second and third. If you just read those two, the answer is obvious. The first sentence is a ruse to throw you off. 'Language' is the only answer that fits the hints that follow those two sentence.

So, all the searching in dictionaries is pointless. I hope you'll pass this information along. Before I finally discovered the correct phrasing of the question and the answer, I looked there and did not find a satisfying answer.

But language doesn't end in gry!!!!! how does it make sense??

The riddle wasn't written very well. But the original stated that there
are three words in, 'the English language'. The part were it goes on about
ending in gry has nothing to do with it. there are quite a few words that
end in gry, its only there to throw you off.

So the third word in the phrase 'the English language' is language.

Hope that helps.

Interestingly, the third -gry word is "gry" itself, which means "\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: www.dictionary.com

Unfortunately, all of you are incorrect but I won't hold it against you. I read the column by Marylan Vos Sevant who stated that there is no answer to the riddle except for what you have already comented on. Of course she is as wrong as everybody else (I have found another instance where she was incorrect on a numbers problem) so don't feel bad. The correct answer is gry. It did take me two whole days to figure it out. If you use a word program to view the question you will notice that only three words are italisized, Angry, hungry and gry. But if you put your cursor onto each of these words you will also find out that (or should if it was typed correctly) the period following hungry is not italisixed but the one following gry is making 'gry.' the third word. And since everybody knows what it means and everybody uses -abbreviations- every day, gry. means the color gray. Hope this finally settles the question.

pascalore@bellsouth.net

Try here, Scott:
http://www.fun-with-words.com/word_gry_angry_hungry.html

Does it matter?

OK WHAT THE HECK IS THE RIGHT ANWSER HERE. BUGGING THE HECK OUT OF ME. THIS IS TUPID IF THERE IS NOT A RIGHT ANWSER HERE. I THINK LANAUAGE SOUNDS RIGHT. GRY WAS TO THROW YOU OFF

this is really making me mad please tell me the answer. because when you think about it, there are lots of words that end in gry. maybe that really wasn't part of the original riddle.

u STUPID ppl language does not end with gry wich is the main thing the stupid riddle askes 4 geez

that was so easy it ain't funny. actually it was i'm still laughing (GRY!!!) HA HA

The answer is three.
It is the third word in the question, and the rest of the question is irrelevant: a red herring designed to put the solver off.

the answer is what.

look...

angry and hungry are two words in the english language that and in gry. what is the third word. the word is something that everyone uses everyday. if you havelistened to me carefully, i have already told you what it is.

the question state the "what" is the third word, then it asks for the third word again. Again thia version needs to be spoken to be effective

there is another passible answer..

there are three words in the english language that end in gry. one is angry and the other is hungry. everyone knows what the third one means and what its stands for. everyone uses them everyday. and if you listen to me carefully i've given you the third word. what is it?
the answr is three.
it is the third word in the question, and the rest of the question is irrelevant: a red herring designed to put the solver off

that's all..

if the answer IS language then d fwded msg ppl have messed wid d question!!! its rilli buggin me....

found these online.

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
anhungry haegry man-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

There is no answer to be given in the said question, but I guest here are some probably answer:
There are actually more words in the English language that end in "-gry." Here's a list:
Aggry -Applied to a kind of variegated glass beads of ancient manufacture
Ahungry -A Shakespearean variant of "hungry"
Puggry -A light scarf wound around a hat or helmet to protect the head from the sun [in India]
Braggry - A variant form of braggery. Obsolete.
Conyngry - An obsoletes 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.

I think that the third word is "Language". Because everyone in the world uses angry or hungry, whether they say it or whether they feel it, and feeling is a language a body language. And you do react to your feeling.

The question states: 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. Look closely and I have already given you the third word. What is it? HOW ABOUT "HUNGRY". "Angry" is the first word, "and" is the second word and "hungry" is the third word.

you guys aren't even looking at the real, original riddle.

Correct Answer: In Polish, GRY is a word meaning "game.

Others words that end in GRY:
Puggry -- an Indian turban; helmet to protect the head from the sun.

Mawgry -- being regarded with displeasure.

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.

anhungry, begry (beggary),

braggry, conyngry (a rabbit warren),

hongry,

huggrymuggry,

iggry (to hurry up),

land-hungry,

malgry,

menangry,

messagry,

overangry,

podagry (a plant disease aka dodder),

pottingry (an apothecary),

skugry (secrecy),

vergry . . .

affect-hungry

fire-angry

MacLoingry

Seagry
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

Yo, it is frustrating and if u read it carefully u will see that it says - "We use it everyday and we know what it means." Get it we use ENERGY everyday no matter what we do. Also u all know what it means, so therefore the word is ENERGY.

there is infact a third word ending in 'gry'
it is gry itself

'gry' means to rage or roar

there is your answer

=D hope this gets the puzzle off your minds

the word is energy...if you read carefully it says the third ends in gry but it doesn't say that the exact spelling is 'rgy' that is the catch.hope this helps

Thank you SO much Shanny! You made this make so much sense. There have been so many versions of this riddle. HERE IS HOW THE REAL RIDDLE GOES!!!!! Angry and hungry end in "gry". There are 3 words in "the english language". What is the third one? THE ANSWER IS (LANGUAGE)!! People have just meased with this riddle and screwed up the wording. If you read the original riddle,(like the one above) this would have been a good riddle and would'nt have confused so many people.

i'v studied this quesrtion and many people think of many different answers but the answer is one of two 'three' or 'langauge'. when asking the Question it is all about HOW it is asked!

i beleieve the right answer to be 'Language' as it it the third word in the phrase of 'the english language'. if i tell you there are three words in that what is the thrid one then you know the answer?

but whomever wrote the riddle didn't realise that in the sentance 'there are three words in the english langauge' that three could also be used as an answer as it is the thrid word in the sentance.

in conclusion "THREE" AND "LANGUAGE" are correct but the puzzle is to see how a person respondes t the riddle.

Well Shanny thanx for helping......all the other ppl who are going on about GRY being the third word and other odd words from the 1950's.....not everyone knows what these words mean, and I certainly don't use them everyday or even care what they stand for!!! So that wouldn't work either. Come on ppl read Shanny's breakdown of the riddle and then argue!!!

the word is energy '.'

I'm still laughing at the idiot that thought the answer is "ENERGY". That DOES NOT end in -gry.
Jeremy take a bow dude for your sheer idiocy.

"The English Language." the third word in that phrase is "Language"
The rest is a smoke screen to lead you off the path. I am not even going
to mention them as you will get fixated with them and be led astray again.

Simple

I have heard this riddle before - and I must confess never did listen very carefully and didn't really care what the answer was.

But after reading all the posts above it is quite obvious. The answer has been spelled out time and time again. A number of people have gone to great pains to break the question down and explain it all over and over again.

It saddens me enormously that we have so many people that can read and write enough English to respond and yet still have have absolutely no idea.

Is this a reasonable sample of the human race? Are you people considered A reasonable example of normal people or has this article attracted a larger than statistically reasonable number of morons?

If there is just one more person that goes on about -GRY words I will explode and cease to exist.

There is no way I will once again repeat what has been stated so eloquently above. But, If you are in any doubt as to what I think the answer is then read the next sentence.

What is the the third word in THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE?

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 every day. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is.
The answer is language.
It is the third word of "the English language". The question needs to be spoken, otherwise the quotation marks give away the trick. This version apparently originated in 1996.

or

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 question asks for a word ending with the three letters g-r-y, but does not stipulate that they must be in that order.