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This is a very old riddle, which has become corrupted over the years, as it
has been retold from person to person. The mangled version is unsolvable.
Here is the correct riddle: Angry and hungry are two words that end in "gry".
There are three words in the English language. What is the third word?
Here's the solutiion:
The way the puzzle is worded is the clue.
The first sentence is irrelevant and just to confuse you.
The second sentence says: "There are three words in the English language."
Notice it doesn't say: "There are three words which end in "gry" in the English
language."
The question "what is the third word?" does not refer to words ending in "gry,"
it refers to the three words in "the English language".
So the third word in "the English language" is "language".
Sherry Noble
Campbell HS Library
Campbell, MO 63933
> I was hoping all of you could help me with a question posed by one of my
> teachers. She heard a trivia question, but did not hear the answer.
> What three words in the English language end in -gry? We know angry and
> hungry, but we couldn't get the third! Thanks!
>
Sherry Noble, LMS Ph. (573)246-2278
Campbell High School Fax (573)246-2890
Hwy. 53 South snoble@campbell.k12.mo.us
Campbell, MO 63933
"Those who don't read have no advantage over those who can't".
-Mark Twain-
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