The answer lies in the simple fact that the question is written incorrectly. There are eight different variations of this puzzle, and depending on the variation is the logical answer.
Variation #1:
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.
Answer:
The answer to this variation is "language". Note, there are three words in "the English language", so the third one is "language".
Variation #2:
"Angry" and "hungry" are two words in the English language that end in "-gry". What is the third word. The word is something that everyone uses everyday. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is.
Answer:
"What" is the answer. It's more effective if it's spoken, since the sentence that says that what is the third word doesn't have a question mark originally.
Variation #3:
There are three words in English that end in "gry." The first two are "angry" and "hungry," and if you've listened closely you'll agree that I've told you the third one.
Answer:
"Agree". This focuses on the phonetic sound of "gry".
Variation #4:
There are three words in the English language that end in the letters g-r-y. Two are "hungry" and "angry." Everyone knows what the third word means, and everyone uses it every day. What is the third word?
Answer:
Probably the one the author was shooting for, "energy". There is no statement indicating that they had to be in order as stated.
Variation #5:
There are at least three words in the English language that end in "g, r, y". One of them is "hungry," and another one is "angry." There is a third word, a short one, which you probably say every day. If you are listening carefully to everything I say, you just heard me say it three times. What is it?
Answer:
The answer is "say". When you ask the question, you should note that the R in the "g, r, y" acts as "OR", so at least three words in the English language end with "g" or "y". Plus, it mentions the word say three times.
Variation #6:
There are three words in the English language that end in "-gry." Two words that end in "-gry" are "hungry" and "angry." Everyone knows what the third word means, and everyone uses them every day. If you listened very carefully, I have already stated to you what the third word is. What are the three words that solve this riddle?
Answer:
The answer is "I am hungry". The problem asks for three words that end in "-gry", but doesn't specify that ALL three words end in "-gry".
Variation #7:
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 what it stands for. Everyone uses them every day. And if you listened carefully I've given you the third word, what is it?
Answer:
The answer is "three". The question refers to the third word of the RIDDLE.
Variation #8:
There are only three words in the English language, all adjectives, which end in "-gry." Two are "angry" and "hungry"; the third word describes the state of the world today. What is it?
Answer:
There are over 100 answers to this. Most are either obsolete words or hyphenated versions of hungry and angry.
affect-hungry fire-angry MacLoingry Seagry
aggry Gagry mad-angry self-angry
Agry girl-hungry mad-hungry selfe-angry
ahungry gonagry magry sensation-hungry
air-hungry gry malgry sex-angry
anhungry haegry man-hungry sex-hungry
Badagry half-angry managry Shchigry
Ballingry hangry mannagry shiggry
begry heart-angry Margry Shtchigry
bewgry heart-hungry maugry sight-hungry
boroughmongry higry pigry mawgry skugry
bowgry hogry meagry Sygry
braggry hogrymogry meat-hungry Tangry
Bugry hongry menagry Tchangry
Chockpugry hound-hungry messagry Tchigry
Cogry houngry music-hungry tear-angry
cony-gry huggrymuggry nangry th'angry
conyngry hund-hungry overangry tike-hungry
cottagry Hungry Bungry Pelegry Tingry
Croftangry hwngry Pingry toggry
diamond-hungry iggry Podagry ulgry
dog-hungry Jagry Pongry unangry
dogge-hungry job-hungry pottingry vergry
Dshagry kaingry power-hungry Vigry
Dzagry land-hungry profit-hungry vngry
eard-hungry Langry puggry war-hungry
Echanuggry leather-hungry pugry Wigry
Egry ledderhungry red-angry wind-hungry
euer-angry life-hungry rungry yeard-hungry
ever-angry Lisnagry scavengry yird-hungry
fenegry losengry Schtschigry Ymagry
If I had to choose what the world is today from that list, I choose sex-hungry. ;-)
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Posted by Alexis
on 2005-12-08 14:13:14 |
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