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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

what are 3 words in the english language that end in gry?

Angry and hungry are 2 words that end in "gry" what is another one?
  

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Hi there,

just read [url=http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/Taylor/topics/grypuzzle.htm]this interesting page[/url] :)

Cheers!
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Angry

Hungry

The English language
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The word is 'puggry', which is the old spelling of the word 'puggaree'. It means 'a thin muslin scarf tied round a sun helmet so as to hang down over the wearer's neck and shield it from the sun'.
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Thank you so much, Philogist! :-)
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I have an electronic dictionary that contains all the entries from Oxford Dictionary of English, which lists 355,000 words phrases and definitions. I just did a search for words ending in gry, and I 'angry' and 'hungry' are the only two results I got. And Yes, the question is stated incorrectly.
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I have an electronic dictionary that contains all the entries from Oxford Dictionary of English, which lists 355,000 words phrases and definitions. I just did a search for words ending in gry, and 'angry' and 'hungry' are the only two results I got. And Yes, the question is stated incorrectly.
the question is stated incorrectly.

I don't understand what you're talking about. Wh
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Hello Ann

I think you're overestimating me.
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Hi Yoong Liat,

I was referring to the website Philogist mentioned - very interesting and pretty funny!

www.greece.k12.ny.us/Taylor/topics/grypuzzle.htm
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For those who are too lazy to check out the site above, here's the correct version of the riddle:

"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. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is."
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Hi Optimus

Aside from "angry" and "hungry" there are no more common words ending in "-gry."
Do not waste your time searching or asking others to find them.

I agree with you if you're talking about words spelt in modern English. If you want to answer that question, you've to use an obsolete word. That's why I mentioned that the word I provided is an obsolete wor

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