# Grrr.... Somebody pls help me with this riddle! **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 15, 2002, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grrr-somebody-pls-help-me-with-this-riddle/118979 "2002-07-15T01:48:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grrr-somebody-pls-help-me-with-this-riddle/118979/1 "2002-07-15T01:48:53Z")
I had to “C&P” so please forgive… 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 everyday,and if you listened very carefully, I’ve given you the third word. What is it? \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_gry? ---
**Author:** ![mandielise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58956e/32.png) [@mandielise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandielise)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grrr-somebody-pls-help-me-with-this-riddle/118979/2 "2002-07-15T01:57:13Z")
Ok, I saw a site somewhere that explained it - I thought it was here, but I could be mistaken. You should search the archive to see if Cecil’s already answered it. The jist of the answer was that it’s a word game, but somewhere someone messed it up. They had an alternate wording that made sense, but I don’t remember what it was. Sorry that I’m not much help! ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grrr-somebody-pls-help-me-with-this-riddle/118979/3 "2002-07-15T01:57:54Z")
Run away…run far away. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grrr-somebody-pls-help-me-with-this-riddle/118979/4 "2002-07-15T02:09:03Z")
I don’t know if you’re serious. 😕 There are only 2 commonly used words in English ending in -gry. I have heard of puggry (meaning an Indian head-covering) and gry (dunno), but neither are common (nor indeed in my dictionary). The answer to the riddle is intended to be ‘the’, but your example is not phrased correctly. This has come up so much that it is one of Cecil’s FAQ (see the introduction page). Move along there, please. Nothing to see… ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grrr-somebody-pls-help-me-with-this-riddle/118979/5 "2002-07-15T02:18:07Z")
[Words that end in -gry](http://www.ipl.org/div/farq/gryFARQ.html) > [@](#): > > For reasons that we can’t determine, the “-gry question” is turning up again and again from our patrons. The best and most comprehensive answer to it comes from the Stumpers discussion list for reference librarians, and we quote from it below. > > 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”. ---
**Author:** ![stockton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@stockton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stockton)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grrr-somebody-pls-help-me-with-this-riddle/118979/6 "2002-07-15T04:49:26Z")
You’ve been here since Aug. 2001 and haven’t read the FAQ? Next predicted post: Why do we drive on the parkway and park on the driveway? C’mon, SHAKES, I’ve seen you here for ages! Someone’s gonna get all slksdsdgry on your ass shortly! 🙂 upon preview: Thanks **astro,** for a more polite and informative response. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grrr-somebody-pls-help-me-with-this-riddle/118979/7 "2002-07-15T06:14:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by stockton \* > \*\*You’ve been here since Aug. 2001 and haven’t read the FAQ? > Next predicted post: Why do we drive on the parkway and park on the driveway? > > C’mon, SHAKES, I’ve seen you here for ages! Someone’s gonna get all slksdsdgry on your ass shortly! 🙂 > > upon preview: Thanks **astro,** for a more polite and informative response. \*\* **SHAKES** hangs his head in shame…:smack: ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grrr-somebody-pls-help-me-with-this-riddle/118979/8 "2002-07-15T07:43:21Z")
Bah Everybody knows the answer to that one, but _nobobdy knows why_ a duck’s quack does not echo. eh? ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grrr-somebody-pls-help-me-with-this-riddle/118979/9 "2002-07-15T08:08:23Z")
The question has been asked and answered…AGAIN. I’m locking this thread to let it sink down, and let some other, more worthy, thread take its place. Lynn