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The GRY Word Riddle.

Lets see if anyone of you can figure this out!

Good Luck!

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 it stands for.  EveryONE uses them everyday, and if you listened very carefully, I've given you the third word.

What is it? __________gry?

No, actually it has nothing to do with a word ending in gry.  In fact, the reason that the riddle is so hard to fathom is that it has been stated incorrectly.  This riddle has been around for at least 20 years.

Here is the riddle in its original 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 everyone uses every day.  If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is."

The first two sentences have absolutely nothing to do with the question: "Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them."  They are there only to throw you off course.  What's left is the actual riddle itself:  "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 first two sentences are just a red herring.  But many people hear or read the question and assume it is referring to the first sentence.

The answer is in the phrase "the English language." In this three-word phrase, the third word is simply the word "language." See? "Language" is definitely something that "everyone uses every day"!  Without that little twist, the puzzle would be just another trivia question, not a riddle.
 

 
 

 

 

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