A Riddle that'll kill your brain!!

Victoria · A 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 it what stands for.
EveryONE uses them everyday, and if you listened very carefully I've given you the third word.
What is it? ________gry

guy

There are only two words that individually end in gry.

So a possible answer to the question 'the third word ending in gry' is 'I am hungry'

johnhod

gundoglover

From Wikipedia:

A list of names and words ending in -gry, many of which are obsolete, archaic, or simply uncommon.

1. affect-hungry [OED (see "sado-masochism")]
2. aggry [OED:1:182; W2; W3]
3. agry / Agry:
1. agry [OED (see "snappily")]
2. Agry [GNS]
3. Agry Dagh (Mount Agry) [EB/11:15:682 (as "Agry-dagh"); Partridge/2 (as "Agry Dagh"); Stieler:49 R18 and Stieler/Index:3 (as "Agry-Dag")]
4. ahungry [OED:1:194; FW; W2]
5. air-hungry [OED (see "Tel Avivian")]
6. angry [OED; FW; W2; W3]
7. anhungry [OED:1:332; W2]
8. Badagry [Johnston; EB/11; GNS; OED (see "Dahoman")]
9. Bagry [GNS]
10. Ballingry [Bartholomew:40; CLG:151; GNS; RD:164, pl.49]
11. begry [OED:1:770,767]
12. Bellangry [GNS]
13. Beregovyye Langry [GNS]
14. bewgry [OED:1:1160]
15. Bol’shiye Tugry (GNS]
16. "boongry maugry" [Partridge/2] — created by Partridge, for purposes of satire, from bongre maugre, willy-nilly; cf. maugry
17. boroughmongry [OED (see "boroughmonger")]
18. bowgry [OED:1:1160]
19. braggry [OED:1:1047]
20. Bugry — cf. Chistyye Bugry, Golyye Bugry, Peschanyye Bugry [GNS; Times/IG]
21. Bungry — see Hungry Bungry
22. Chagry [GNS]
23. Changry [GNS]
24. Chistyye Bugry [GNS]
25. Chockpugry [Worcester]
26. Cogry [BBC]
27. cony-gry [OED:2:956]
28. conyngry [OED:2:956]
29. cottagry [OED (see "cottagery")]
30. croftangry / Croftangry:
1. croftangry [OED (see "way")]
2. Croftangry — Mr. Chrystal Croftangry, fictitious editor of The Chronicles of Canongate, by Sir Walter Scott, 1827–28. The Chronicles of Canongate is an inclusive title for Scott's novels, The Highland Widow, The Two Drovers, and The Fair Maid of Perth, to which the author attached the fiction that they were written by Mr. Chrystal Croftangry, who draws on the recollections of his old friend, Mrs. Bethune Baliol, a resident in the Canongate, Edinburgh. Mr. Croftangry's own story, notable among Scott's shorter sketches, forms an introduction to the Chronicles. [Barnhart:1:1134; Freeman/1:101; Freeman/2:109; OCEL/5:241,197,461; Scott:2:234-329; Walsh:110] — "a pseudonym of Sir Walter Scott; the name of the imaginary editor of his 'Chronicles of the Canongate.'" [Wheeler:88]
31. culture-hungry [OED (see "culture")
32. de Pélegry — see Pélegry
33. diamond-hungry [OED (see "Lorelei")]
34. dog-hungry [W2]
35. dogge-hungry [OED (see "canine")]
36. Dygry [GNS]
37. Dshagry [Stieler]
38. Džagry [Andrees:43 (141 L 7)]
39. Dzhagry [GNS; OSN/42:2:325; Times/7:61 (44 G Cool

; Times/IG:233 (44 G Cool

]
40. eard-hungry [CED (see "yird"); CSD]
41. Echanuggry [Century:103-104, on inset map, Key 104 M 2]
42. Égry [DNCF:376; France(?); GNS; OSN/83:1:335; Times/IG:239
43. euer-angry [OED (see "ever")]
44. ever-angry [W2]
45. fenegry [OED (see "fenugreek")]
46. "filigry" [WO; Google] — misspelling of filigree; other misspellings include "filagry," "filegry," "fillagry," "fillegry," and "filligry"
47. fire-angry [W2]
48. Gagry — cf. Novyye Gagry [EB/11; GNS]
49. Garrynagry [GNS]
50. girl-hungry [OED (see "girl")]
51. Golyye Bugry [GNS]
52. gonagry [OED (see "gonagra")]
53. Gregry — surname and given name, perhaps a variant of Gregory; e.g., Lui-Kwan Gregry, an attorney [Google], and Gregry Gilroy, on Facebook [Google]
54. gry / Gry / GRY:
1. gry (from Latin gry) [OED:4/2:475; W2]
2. gry (from Romany grai) [W2]
3. Gry (given name: Gry Bagøien, alias Gry, a female singer from Denmark) [Wiki]
4. gry / GRY acronyms, initialisms, and abbreviations:
1. GRY — Granada, Spain (airport symbol) [AIAD:1403]
2. gry — abbr. gray [ADA]
3. GRY — Gray Drug Stores, Inc. (New York Stock Exchange delisted symbol) [AIAD:1403]
4. GRY — abbr. all cap. Grayling Air Service, Grayling, Alaska (TAH [The Airline Handbook] code) [TAH:281]
5. GRY — abbr. Greymouth, New Zealand (seismograph station code, United States Geological Survey); closed [AIAD:1403; Poppe]
6. GRY — abbr. Greystoke Exploration (Vancouver Stock Exchange symbol [AIAD:1403]
7. GRY — abbr. all cap. Grimsey, Iceland (airport symbol) [AIAD:1403; OAG]
55. haegry [EDD (see "hagery")]
56. half-angry [W2]
57. hangry [OED:1:329]
58. heart-angry [W2]
59. heart-hungry [W2]
60. higry pigry [OED:5/1:285]
61. hogry [EDD (see "huggerie"); CSD]
62. hogrymogry [EDD (see "huggerie"); CSD (as "hogry-mogry")]
63. hongry [OED:5/1:459; EDD:3:282]
64. hound-hungry [OED (see "hound")]
65. houngry [OED (see "minx")]
66. huggrymuggry [EDD (see "huggerie"); CSD (as "huggry-muggry")]
67. hund-hungry [OED (see "hound")]
68. hungry [OED; FW; W2; W3]
69. Hungry Bungry [DI]
70. hwngry [OED (see "quart")]
71. "igry" [Partridge/2] — from "... igry slov of the Slavs." — created by Partridge for purposes of satire
72. iggry [OED]
73. Jagry [EB/11:23-874 (II. D4)]
74. jingry / Jingry:
1. jingry [OED] — additional source needed; not found in full-text search of OED Online[16]
2. Jingry — given name (perhaps from Chinese); e.g., Jingry Liu, a scientist [Google]
75. job-hungry [OED (see "gadget")]
76. Kagry [GNS]
77. kaingry [EDD (see "caingy")]
78. Kiegry [GNS]
79. land-hungry [OED; W2]
80. Langry — cf. Beregovyye Langry, Novyye Langry [GNS; Times/7; Times/IG]
81. leather-hungry [OED]
82. ledderhungry [OED (see "leather")]
83. life-hungry [OED (see "music")]
84. Lisnagry [Bartholomew:489; GNS]
85. Longry [GNS]
86. losengry [OED (see "losengery")]
87. MacLoingry — surname, of Irish origin; e.g., Flaithbhertach MacLoingry, bishop of Clonmacnois (1038) [Cotton, Phillips:613]
88. mad-angry [OED:6/2:14]
89. mad-hungry [OED:6/2:14]
90. magry [OED:6/2:36, 6/2:247-48]
91. malgry [OED:6/2:247]
92. Malyye Tugry [GNS]
93. man-hungry [OED]
94. managry [OED (see "managery")]
95. mannagry [OED (see "managery")]
96. Margry [Indians (see "Pierre Margry" in bibliog., v.2, p.1204)]
97. maugry [OED:6/2:247-48]
98. mawgry [OED:6/2:247]
99. meagry [OED:6/2:267]
100. meat-hungry [W2; OED (see "meat")]
101. Megry [GNS]
102. menagry [OED (see "managery")]
103. messagry [OED]
104. music-hungry [OED (see "music")]
105. Myagry [GNS]
106. nangry [OED]
107. Novyye Gagry [GNS]
108. Novyye Langry [GNS]
109. "nugry" / Nugry:
1. "nugry" — regular readers of the Usenet newsgroup rec.puzzles coined this word to describe a (presumably) new reader who posts a frequently asked question
2. Nugry [GNS]
110. overangry [RH1; RH2]
111. Pélegry [CE (in main index as "Raymond de Pélegry")]
112. Peschanyye Bugry [GNS]
113. Peshungry [GNS]
114. pigry — see higry pigry
115. Pingry [Bio-Base; HPS:293-94, 120-21]
116. Podagry [OED; W2 (below the line)]
117. Pongry [Andree (Supplement, p.572)]
118. pottingry [OED:7/2:1195; Jamieson:3:532]
119. Povengry [GNS]
120. power-hungry [OED (see "power")]
121. profit-hungry [OED (see "profit")]
122. puggry [OED:8/1:1573; FW; W2]
123. pugry [OED:8/1:1574]
124. red-angry [OED (see "sanguineous")]
125. rungry [EDD:5:188]
126. scavengry [OED (in 1715 quote under "scavengery")]
127. Schtschigry [GNS; LG/1:2045; OSN:97]
128. Seagry — cf. Upper Seagry [EB/11:28:698a; GNS; Times/IG:762]
129. Ségry [Andrees:152 (87/88 B 3); GNS; Johnston]
130. self-angry [W2]
131. selfe-angry [OED (see "self-")]
132. Semibugry [GNS]
133. sensation-hungry [OED (see "sensation")]
134. sex-angry [OED (see "sex")]
135. sex-hungry [OED (see "cave")]
136. Shchegry [GNS]
137. Shchigry [CLG:1747; GNS; Johnson:594; OSN:97,206; Times/7:185,pl.45]
138. shiggry [EDD]
139. Shtchigry [LG/1:2045; LG/2:1701]
140. Shtshigry [Lipp]
141. sight-hungry [OED (see "sight")]
142. Sillegry [GNS]
143. skugry [OED:9/2:156, 9/1:297; Jamieson:4:266]
144. Skugry [GNS]
145. Ssemibugry [GNS]
146. Suchigry [GNS]
147. Sygry [Andree]
148. Tangry [France; GNS]
149. Tchangry [Johnson:594; LG/1:435,1117]
150. Tchigry [Johnson:594]
151. tear-angry [W2]
152. th'angry [OED (see "shot-free")]
153. tike-hungry [CSD]
154. tingry / Tingry:
1. tingry [OED (see "parquet")]
2. Tingry [France; EB/11 (under "Princesse de Tingry"); GNS; Wiki]
155. toggry [Simmonds (as "Toggry"; but all entries are capitalized)]
156. Tugry — cf. Bol’shiye Tugry, Malyye Tugry [GNS]
157. "ugry" / Ugry:
1. "ugry" [Partridge/2] — from "... white ugry of history." — created by Partridge for purposes of satire — probably a reference to "Ugri Bielii, tribe : see Khazars, race." [EB/11:15:774b, 23:525a, 23:883d]
2. Ugry [GNS]
158. ulgry — modern form of Vlgrie (word form not actually found, but the existence of which is inferred), an animal (not specifically identified): "a coat made of ulgry's hair...." [Partridge/1 (as "ulgry"); Scheetz (as "ulgry" and "Vlgrie"); Smith:24-25 (as "Vlgrie" and "Vlgries")]
159. unangry [OED; W2]
160. Ungry [GNS]
161. Upper Seagry [GNS]
162. vergry [OED:12/1:123]
163. Vigry [CLG:2090]
164. vngry [OED (see "wretch")]
165. Wągry [GNS]
166. war-hungry [OED (see "war")]
167. Wegry:
1. Wegry [GNS]
2. Węgry [GNS]
168. WGRY — all cap. call letters of a radio station in Grayling, Michigan. [...]
169. Wigry [CLG:2090; GNS; NAP:xxxix; Times/7:220, pl.62; WA:948]
170. wind-hungry [W2]
171. Yagry [GNS]
172. yeard-hungry [CED (see "yird")]
173. yerd-hungry [CED (see "yird"); OED]
174. yird-hungry [CED (see "yird")]
175. Ymagry [OED:1:1009 (col. 3, 1st "boss" verb), (variant of "imagery")]
176. Zygry [GNS]

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Ghilliegumdrop

OK That's a bit over the top....she only asked for one Twisted Evil

gundoglover

Sorry! But some of those archaic words are so funny, it was hard to choose just one.

No offence meant to the riddle-poser. I'll butt out now (and close the door softly behind me).

Ghilliegumdrop

No that's OK....I could have gone into one of my old books and done that but you beat me to it Twisted Evil

I love looking at those old words and throwing them into conversations Exclamation

gundoglover

I admit to a similar weakness. Now waiting for an opportunity to say, "Oh what lovely variegated beads! They remind me of the aggry beads of Africa." Smile

Victoria

Hehehehehehe Smile

Victoria

Please go to

http://www.fun-with-words.com/word_gry_angry_hungry.html

Very Happy

gundoglover

Oh, what fun! What a great site that is. I must find time to explore it in more depth one day. Thankyou for the link.

Victoria

Wish I had the brain to remember some of the neat words... Sad

guy

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