# What's the third word? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 14, 2002, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-third-word/142663 "2002-12-14T01:27:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HighSoci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@HighSoci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HighSoci)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-third-word/142663/1 "2002-12-14T01:27:43Z")
I heard this riddle a few years ago that mentions something about there being 3 words in the English language that end in -gry. Angry is one of them and so is hungry. What is the third word? I was thinking it was a trick riddle to where the answer is actually “language” because it is the 3rd word in “the English language that end in -gry.” I was told I was wrong by the person that told me the riddle and to this day still won’t tell me the answer. Was he right about me being wrong, or was I right after all and he didn’t really know the answer himself? Anyone that knows the answer, please tell me already. ---
**Author:** ![elephant\_shoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c77e96/32.png) [@elephant\_shoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elephant_shoes)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-third-word/142663/2 "2002-12-14T01:30:14Z")
uh oh. here we go. ---
**Author:** ![Jayrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Jayrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayrot)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-third-word/142663/3 "2002-12-14T01:31:02Z")
Take a look at [this](http://www.word-detective.com/gry.html) ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-third-word/142663/4 "2002-12-14T01:33:11Z")
[What are the three English words ending in -gry?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_251.html) **HighSoci** , welcome. Please be advised that this question has been asked ad infinitum here, so people are going to give you flak for this. ---
**Author:** ![Coilean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f6c823/32.png) [@Coilean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coilean)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-third-word/142663/5 "2002-12-14T01:39:38Z")
A well a don’t you know about the bird? Well, everybody knows that the bird is the word! A well a bird, bird, b-bird’s the word ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-third-word/142663/6 "2002-12-14T01:56:41Z")
I don’t that newbies don’t search, and I know that the search function doesn’t work for three letter words in any case… But. Could the mods insert a special search function so that a search for gry actually turns up the umpty-zillion threads we’ve already have? Who knows? It might help. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-third-word/142663/7 "2002-12-14T02:57:17Z")
What is it about that one riddle that seems to draw people here? It’s weird. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-third-word/142663/8 "2002-12-14T03:00:01Z")
Welcome to the SDMB, **HighSoci**. We appreciate it if you search Cecil’s columns before starting a thread. To go to the archive page and search engine, click on [http://www.straightdope.com/columns/](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/) Since this has been covered by Cecil and discussed _ad nauseam_ in this forum in the past, I’ll close this thread. bibliophage moderator GQ