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What is the third word?

Here’s a common puzzle:

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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8 Responses to “What is the third word?”

  1. Choedon Says:

    I don’t know!

  2. jaml Says:

    What is the first and second word?
    Think of these two prefixes “Im-” and “In-”. Immoral and Insane. That is what it is.

  3. english Says:

    This puzzle is supposed to be spoken. If it is written (as above) it should really be correctly punctuated with quotation marks (”"):

    There are only three words in “the English language”.

    Now you can see that the third word is “language”.

  4. Robert Says:

    Is the third word “language” just like what english said?
    If so, could you please explain it to me?
    Becasue I really don’t know!

  5. english Says:

    Robert,

    There are only three words in “the English language”.

    “the English language” has 3 words. The 3rd one is “language”.

  6. Robert Says:

    Thanks! english!

    I finally understand!

  7. jessie Says:

    wow !

  8. Graciela Says:

    I want the answer please. I had never thought there were only three words ending in “gry”!!!

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