Hi gelfling and thanks for the question.
Hmmm tricky! I hadnīt heard this one before, but I managed to find the
answer:
"Here is the question in its correct "puzzle" form. "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 everybody uses everyday. If you have listened carefully
, I've already told you what it is."
The secret here is that the real question is "There are only three
words in the English language. What is the third word?" That is, there
are only three words in the phrase "the English language". The third
word is "language", which is indeed something we use every day. The
first two words are "the" and "English".
Having found the answer to the actual riddle, however, you may still
wonder if there are any other English words ending in -gry. There are.
The intrepid reference librarians of Stumpers found the following
answers to the question:"
"According to the Oxford English Dictionary, five words in the English
language end in -gry. In addition to the common angry and hungry:
*aggry, a glass bead found buried in the earth in Ghana.
*puggry, a light scarf wound around a hat or helmet to protect the
head from the sun, and
*meagry, of meager appearance."
http://www.ipl.org/div/farq/gryFARQ.html
Thank you for the question, and if you need any clarification do not
hesitate to ask.
THX1138
Search Strategy:
"words ending in gry"
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