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Question:
What are the three words in the English language that end in "gry"?
Answer:
This is a riddle that runs as follows:
"Think of words that end in 'gry.' Angry and hungry are two of them. There are three words in THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. What is the third word? If you have been listening carefully, I've already told you what it is."
The third word is "language." The first two words are "the" and "English."
More words ending in "gry" (from the Oxford English Dictionary:
- aggry: ancient colored glass beads
- gry: pig grunt, to rage, dirt under the nail
- magry (maugre): to defy or oppose
- puggry (puggree/puggaree): light turban or head covering
Source:
Oxford English Dictionary
Notes:
Subject:
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