gry puzzles

[Androme]

everyone's likely to have heard of the gry puzzle but I saw an article with variations (with different answers)

#1 is likely to have been the one you've heard (altho the answer I find confusing ... : o)

GRY #1
There are 3 common words in the English language that end in GRY. ONE is hungry and another ONE is angry. The third ONE is as common as the other ONEs. EveryONE knows the third ONE. If you have been paying attention, I have given you ONE clue after another.
What is the third word?


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GRY #2
ANGRY and HUNGRY are two common words that end in GRY. However, there are three words in the English language. What is the third word? It is something you use every day.




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GRY #3
I know three words that end in GRY. They are very common words that most people use often. Can you tell me the three words? Here's a hint: ANGRY and HUNGRY both end in GRY.




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GRY #4 This version is a giveaway when you see it in print, but when it is spoken it can be very baffling:

I am thinking of three common short words that each end in G or Y. One is ANGRY and a second is HUNGRY. The third word is even shorter and more common. You probably say it every day. In fact almost every English speaker will say the third word several times daily. I am certain you know it, but can you say what it is yet? If you have been listening carefully, I have already used it 3 times.




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GRY #5 (Contributed by Tyler O.) I know two words that end in GRY. Neither one is angry or hungry. What are they?




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GRY #6 I recently heard from Garison Piatt of a fifth version. He says that this version was given on a radio quiz show in 1965, long before any of the other versions appeared, so it is the orginal and correct version.

There are three English words with the letters G-R-Y in succession. What are they?

[pablissimo]

I give up, primarily because my brain's turned to mush from this maths ****e.

Elaborate or leave.

[Leshy]

Originally posted by Androme2
There are three English words with the letters G-R-Y in succession. What are they?

Hungry, Angry, Gryphon.

[Zharkov]

la la la

[pablissimo]

Here's an English word I'm sure you're all familiar with:

Gay

[Cyp]

gry

\Gry\, n. [Gr ? syllable, bit.] 1. A measure equal to one tenth of a line. [Obs.] --Locke.

2. Anything very small, or of little value. [R.]

[Aryn]

language.

[nickhall]

In its proper, original form, the first two sentences have absolutely
nothing to do with the question: "Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry
and hungry are two of them." Ignore those two sentences. They are there
only to throw you off course. (And it worked, didn't it?) What's left
is the actual riddle itself: "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." The key is the phrase "the English language." In this three-word
phrase, the third word is simply the word "language." Get it? "Language"
is definitely something that "everyone uses every day"! Without that
quirky little twist, the puzzle would be just another trivia question,
not a riddle.


There you go, From here

[W]

Originally posted by Androme2
GRY #5 (Contributed by Tyler O.) I know two words that end in GRY. Neither one is angry or hungry. What are they?

They're neither hungry nor angry, cause they're words!