# The third word that ends in 'gry'

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**Created:** [March 17, 2003, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-word-that-ends-in-gry/161958 "2003-03-17T08:32:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rockford](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac8455/32.png) [@Rockford](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rockford)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-word-that-ends-in-gry/161958/1 "2003-03-17T08:32:26Z")

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There’s this riddle that I’m trying to find the answer to… does does anyone here know it?

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.

I looked in the dictionary but the one I looked at only lists two words that end in ‘gry.’

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**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-word-that-ends-in-gry/161958/2 "2003-03-17T08:39:23Z")

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Nurse!

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**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:** [March 17, 2003, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-word-that-ends-in-gry/161958/3 "2003-03-17T08:40:33Z")

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

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-word-that-ends-in-gry/161958/4 "2003-03-17T08:42:39Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Rockford \*  
> I looked in the dictionary but the one I looked at only lists two words that end in ‘gry.’

Ah, you’ve got one of those rare Merriam-Webster dictionaries that lists all the words by their last syllable.

Where can I get one of those?

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**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-word-that-ends-in-gry/161958/5 "2003-03-17T08:44:24Z")

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The Perfect Master speaks:

[What are the three English words ending in -gry?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_251.html)

I’m going to do you a favor and close this. It’s been covered by Cecil, and responses to this particular question, well, they get heated very fast.

**DrMatrix** - General Questions Moderator