# G-R-Y words vs. the search engine

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-r-y-words-vs-the-search-engine/4674>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 12, 1999, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-r-y-words-vs-the-search-engine/4674 "1999-11-12T00:37:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![saraam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@saraam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saraam)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 1999, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-r-y-words-vs-the-search-engine/4674/1 "1999-11-12T00:37:00Z")

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Yes, I know this has been asked several times, I even attempted to look for the thread. I was somehow thwarted by our beloved search engine which spat out 508 responses, all of which were labelled “toaster mystery”. (As an aside, I was intrigued by the name, clicked on a few and, alas, they were about neither toasters, nor mysteries). So, please, what is the missing -gry word? There isn’t one, is there?

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**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 1999, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-r-y-words-vs-the-search-engine/4674/2 "1999-11-12T00:43:00Z")

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[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3\_251.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_251.html)

or, less pleasantly,  
[http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/003406.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/003406.html)