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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?

(If you know it already, please let others try...)

Hee, I think I figured it out.

the answer is: you're wrong. :rolleyes:


there are actually quite a few other words ending in "-gry" but none of them are in current use (let alone used "every day"). These include:

aggry
begry
conyngry
meagry
skugry

etc.

http://www.snopes.com/language/puzzlers/gry.asp Snopes explains it pretty well, and why this riddle is a lie :p sorry to spoil everyone's fun :rolleyes:

the answer is: you're wrong. :rolleyes:


I'm quite certain that you're missing the point of the riddle ;)

this riddle is kinda hard, but i got it

I'm quite certain that you're missing the point of the riddle ;)


Don't spoil my fun :p

the answer is: you're wrong. :rolleyes:


there are actually quite a few other words ending in "-gry" but none of them are in current use (let alone used "every day"). These include:

aggry
begry
conyngry
meagry
skugry

etc.

http://www.snopes.com/language/puzzlers/gry.asp Snopes explains it pretty well, and why this riddle is a lie :p sorry to spoil everyone's fun :rolleyes:

From Snopes:
A RIDDLE THAT'LL KILL YOUR BRAIN!

This is going to make you so MAD!

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 every day and, if you listened very carefully, I've given you the third word.

What is it?


He he. :D Nope, it's not that one. Re-read mine. The one that's been going around, and got put up on Snopes is a mangled version, and has no answer.

Nope, it's not that one. Re-read mine. The one that's been going around, and got put up on Snopes is a mangled version, and has no answer.

yes, yes, I know... Your version is actually on that page a bit further down, along with the solution. I was just being smart. :p

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?

(If you know it already, please let others try...)


Im guessing that most riddles...its in the text of the riddle.

You list two words.

Then you say there are three words in the english language.
You do not say "there are three words in the english language that end in -gry."

Thus, Im assuming by "three words" your refering to the sentence "The english language."

Thus. "language" is the word you mean.

I'm quite certain that you're missing the point of the riddle ;)

Not only that, he didn't actually read the riddle - just reacted to the "3 words ending in -gry". (Granted, the mangled version's been running around as a UL long enough.)

Im guessing that most riddles...its in the text of the riddle.

You list two words.

Then you say there are three words in the english language.
You do not say "there are three words in the english language that end in -gry."

Thus, Im assuming by "three words" your refering to the sentence "The english language."

Thus. "language" is the word you mean.


And we have a winner.


Mythotic Kelkia: Apologies. You did read it. :D

Thus. "language" is the word you mean.

Thought so! :D

And we have a winner.


Mythotic Kelkia: Apologies. You did read it. :D


Wile E Coyote.

Suuuuper Geeeniuus,

i dont get it? :headbang:

i dont get it? :headbang:

"There are three words in the English language. What is the third word?"

The third word of "the English language" is language. Ignore the rest of the riddle. :)

Unfortunantly, this riddle is not actually grammatically correct. It would have been if it were spoken, but in writing, you would need to set off the clause "the english language" in quotes...otherwise what you are stating is that the total number of words in the english language is three. Again, if you say it it's fine, but as a written or typed riddle it's just wrong.

edit...ijust read scopes. They scooped me.

I hate riddles I can't find out. :(

Unfortunantly, this riddle is not actually grammatically correct. It would have been if it were spoken, but in writing, you would need to set off the clause "the english language" in quotes...otherwise what you are stating is that the total number of words in the english language is three. Again, if you say it it's fine, but as a written or typed riddle it's just wrong.

edit...ijust read scopes. They scooped me.

And thus the rule of incorrect corrections rears it's ugly head again. ;)

Yeah, this was hard for me too. Easy once you realize -gry is a red herring.

There are three words in the English language.

I'm fairly certain there are more then 3 words in the English language.

I'm fairly certain there are more then 3 words in the English language.
Nope. There are only three.

Incidentally, there's another, correct, version of the riddle that says "What is the third word.", without a question mark. In that one, every sentence but that one and the last two is a red herring.

You're lieing... there were about 32 English words in your last post!

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?

(If you know it already, please let others try...)

There are multiple words that end in gry not just three.
According to a reliable source called snopes.com the words that end in gry that arent hungry or angry and they are

aggry: variegated glass beads of ancient manufacture, mentioned by various 19th-century writers as having been found buried in parts of Africa.

begry: an obsolete 15th-century spelling of the word 'beggary' (i.e., extreme poverty).

conyngry: an obsolete 17th-century spelling of the even more obsolete word 'conynger' (like 'cunningaire' and 'conygarth,' a term meaning 'rabbit warren').

gry: a unit of measurement proposed by English philosopher John Locke in his 1690 "Essay Concerning Human Understanding."

higry-pigry: a corruption (along with 'hickery-pickery' and 'hicra picra') of the Greek 'hiera picra' (approximately 'sacred bitters'), a term for many medicines in the Greek pharmacopoeia, particularly a purgative drug composed of aloes and canella bark.

iggry: an early 20th century British army slang borrowing from the Arabic 'ijri, meaning 'Hurry up!"

meagry: a rare and obsolete early 17th-century variant meaning 'meager-looking.'

menagry: obsolete 18th-century alternate spelling of 'menagerie.'

nangry: a rare and obsolete 17th-century variant of 'angry.'

podagry: a 17th-century variant spelling of 'podagra,' a medical lexicon term for 'gout.'

puggry: a 19th-century alternate spelling of 'puggaree' or 'puggree,' derived from the Hindi 'pagri,' a word for a light turban or head covering worn in India.

skugry: a 16th-century variant spelling of 'scuggery,' meaning 'concealment' or 'secrecy.'

Hehe.

I still agree that the riddle is wrong.

It says there are three words in the English language. This is incorrect, since the English language contains many more than three words, as can be proven by looking in a dictionary.

The phrase "the English language" has three words; however, that is not the meaning of the sentence, since it did not put quotes around "the English language" and in no way indicated that it meant the phrase "the English language" as opposed to the language itself. Thus, according to the way the English lanugage is conventionally interpreted... the sentence does not ask about the phrase "the English language" but about the language itself, and hence is incorrect.

;)

Reasonabilityness, I said that too, but no-one listens :(

Partypoopers. :rolleyes:

Well, if we're doing riddles, then let's see if anyone can figure this on out:
What is the formula for the following:
1, 4, 11, 16, 24,...



(Hint: This is more a riddle, than a mathematical equation)

There are multiple words that end in gry not just three.
According to a reliable source called snopes.com the words that end in gry that arent hungry or angry and they are

aggry: variegated glass beads of ancient manufacture, mentioned by various 19th-century writers as having been found buried in parts of Africa.

begry: an obsolete 15th-century spelling of the word 'beggary' (i.e., extreme poverty).

conyngry: an obsolete 17th-century spelling of the even more obsolete word 'conynger' (like 'cunningaire' and 'conygarth,' a term meaning 'rabbit warren').

gry: a unit of measurement proposed by English philosopher John Locke in his 1690 "Essay Concerning Human Understanding."

higry-pigry: a corruption (along with 'hickery-pickery' and 'hicra picra') of the Greek 'hiera picra' (approximately 'sacred bitters'), a term for many medicines in the Greek pharmacopoeia, particularly a purgative drug composed of aloes and canella bark.

iggry: an early 20th century British army slang borrowing from the Arabic 'ijri, meaning 'Hurry up!"

meagry: a rare and obsolete early 17th-century variant meaning 'meager-looking.'

menagry: obsolete 18th-century alternate spelling of 'menagerie.'

nangry: a rare and obsolete 17th-century variant of 'angry.'

podagry: a 17th-century variant spelling of 'podagra,' a medical lexicon term for 'gout.'

puggry: a 19th-century alternate spelling of 'puggaree' or 'puggree,' derived from the Hindi 'pagri,' a word for a light turban or head covering worn in India.

skugry: a 16th-century variant spelling of 'scuggery,' meaning 'concealment' or 'secrecy.'

Oh yes, but not one of those is the third word in the answer. Re-read the riddle. It didn't ask for the 3rd word ending in -gry. If you read the snopes page fully, you'd have recognised the formulation.

Do and Reasonabilityness have the only real argument, as the riddle is intended to be spoken, and doesn't really work technically, when written out. ;)

Well, if we're doing riddles, then let's see if anyone can figure this on out:
What is the formula for the following:
1, 4, 11, 16, 24,...



(Hint: This is more a riddle, than a mathematical equation)

Nope. Sorry, I look at that and all I see is math.

And if my calculations are correct, the next number in the series will be 31, and the next number after that will be 40...?
48, 57, 66, 77... head starting to hurt.

Nope. Sorry, I look at that and all I see is math.

And if my calculations are correct, the next number in the series will be 31, and the next number after that will be 40...?
48, 57, 66, 77... head starting to hurt.
Nope, it's 29, but that's not important.
I want to know the formula behind the sequence.

It's a riddle, remember! There is maths involved, but it's simple. I'm not going to give any more clues.