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three words ending wit gry in the english dictionary?
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If you check out the OED, there are about 120, but they are either obsolete, alternant spellings or compound words (like anhungry)
From good ol' Wiki: "The -Gry Puzzle is a popular puzzle that asks for the third English word, other than "angry" and "hungry," that ends with the letters "gry." Aside from words derived from "angry" and "hungry," there is no stand-alone word ending in "gry" that is in current usage. Both Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (Merriam-Webster, Inc., 2002, ISBN 0-87779-201-1) and the Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition (Oxford University Press, 1989, ISBN 0-19-861186-2) contain the compound word "aggry bead." To find a third word ending in -gry that is not part of a phrase, you must turn to archaic, obsolete, or uncommon words, or personal or place names, a comprehensive list of which is given at the end of this article." They then list variations or "tricks" to the puzzle.
'angry' and 'hungry' are the only words still in use.
Obsolete words include:
aggry, braggry, conyngry, gry, iggry, meagry, nangry, podagry, and puggry.
Angry, hungry, aggry?
There is also a riddle going around asking what the third word in "the english language" is in reference to the above but it is actually referring to the word language.
*Angry
*Hungry
I looked at Dictionary.com and put in 'end in "gry" ' in the box and all it came up with was those two.
Angry
UMMMM...
Hungry...
UHM!!!
Google ftw! The answer is "language".
Sort of. But you frased the question wrong lol.
http://burks.bton.ac.uk/burks/foldoc/41/50.htm
(click on "more" if you want to become confused)
There are several answers besides "angry" and "hungry." Look at my source for details. No spoiler here.
I think there are only 2, hungry and angry.
Angry, Hungry
hungry
angry