What three words in the english dictionary end with gry?
“There are three words in English that end in GRY, hungry and angry are two, what is the third?” Much effort has gone into finding the word and various pseudo-medical or otherwise obscure words that purport to fit the bill have been put forward. The confusion comes from the fact that the version of the riddle in circulation isn’t the original and misses a vital part of the wording. In its original form the riddle went like this: “Think of words that end 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.” You will have realized by now that it’s all a linguistic trick and the third word in ‘the English language’ is of course ‘language’. Just for completeness we ought to add that there are several other words that end in ‘gry’, not least ‘gry’ itself, although that does spoil the puzzle rather: Gry (noun)
