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Question by Darcey
Submitted on 4/20/2004
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A RIDDLE THAT'LL KILL YOUR BRAIN!
This is going to make you so MAD!

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 everyday, and if you listened very carefully, I've given you the third word.

What is it? _______gry?



Answer by PrincessPop
Submitted on 4/29/2004
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language

 

Answer by Tiger
Submitted on 5/4/2004
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This would have driven me crazy EXCEPT that you wrote it wrong, whoever posted this! this is how it REALLY GOES!!!!!

Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two. 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.

An the answer well thats an easy one......the first 2 sentences are obsolete, the 3rd word in THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE is LANGUAGE! thats the correct VERSION of this riddle! GET IT RIGHT

 

Answer by nevets
Submitted on 5/6/2004
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i don't get it how does language end in gry?

 

Answer by quita
Submitted on 5/12/2004
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The gry is just to throw you off.  The three words are THE ENGLISH LANGAUGE.  So the answer is LANGUAGE!

 

Answer by crazy kat
Submitted on 6/15/2004
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omg i did not kno dat wel fank u guys 4 solvin dat riddle 4 me! it woz drivin me crazy man!!!!!!!!

 

Answer by Babu
Submitted on 8/20/2004
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The gry is just to throw you off.  The three words are THE ENGLISH LANGAUGE.  So the answer is LANGUAGE!

 

Answer by cntryfn
Submitted on 9/11/2004
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actually there are many different answers to this question the question was NOT written WRONG it was written correct visit: http://www.fun-with-words.com/word_gry_angry_hungry.html
and you will see that there are many different ways to say this riddle and there are also many different answers there are also explanations for each

 

Answer by drue
Submitted on 10/11/2004
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this is quite frustrating... the question states that there are three words in the English language THAT END IN "GRY"... Onegry is a word... look it up on www.dictionary.com why do you think that the word ONE has been placed in capitals in the paragraph that, as far as i can tell, is otherwise grammatically and punctually correct?

 

Answer by Jenn
Submitted on 11/9/2004
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Uhhh...What the point of the word ending in
-GRY....WOW...the was pretty ghetto otherwise the riddle was pretty Damn tight

 

Answer by figure
Submitted on 11/17/2004
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Hey Tiger!

There are many ways to say the riddle so calm down!

Try going to google...

 

Answer by Looper
Submitted on 12/8/2004
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the first is not the wrong riddle. it is simply another version. the answer in that case is THREE

 

Answer by kel
Submitted on 12/14/2004
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what aload of fookin bollox

 

Answer by lil monkey
Submitted on 12/19/2004
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after i read the real version the rong one didnt make sense. the real version is silly. good one.

 

Answer by Neonmozart
Submitted on 12/21/2004
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Language is the third word, but first/incorrect version also have a solution, actually two of them:

PUGGRY - ([Written also puggaree, puggeree, etc.] [Hind. pag[.r]i turban.]) A light scarf wound around a hat or helmet to protect the head from the sun. [India] --Yule.

AGGRY -  Applied to a kind of variegated glass beads of ancient manufacture; as, aggry beads are found in Ashantee and Fantee in Africa.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc


And in countries where this words are from "The word is something that everyone uses every day." is correct.

 

Answer by KELLBABE
Submitted on 3/11/2005
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huh???????

 

Answer by mary
Submitted on 3/21/2005
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Calgary

 

Answer by Amber
Submitted on 4/7/2005
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Here is a new riddle.

Too big to see in your telescope,
Too small to fit on a slide,
If you will say hasta, Get turned into pasta,
Then I will take you for a ride!
I'm pretty smart for what I am,
Though some say I'm dense as they get, Always in the dark
But if you'll take a lark
And guess what I am you'll be set!
I'm pretty popular, yes I am,
Visit my event and be pulled in right,
It's dark in here, true,
But what can you do?
When things run in rings with light?
I've given you several clues now,
So now are you ready to play my game?
What makes a deep tear
That you cannot repair?
Tell me my scientific name!

Can you answer?


 

Answer by drew
Submitted on 4/8/2005
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lighten up tiger you arse.  The riddle blows either way!

 

Answer by plank
Submitted on 4/19/2005
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whoever wrote that stupid riddle should be punished.....it was lame and didnt make sense. Get a hobby

 

Answer by objector
Submitted on 4/28/2005
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have a few objections
1.why does it say "Send this to 5 People and the answer will pop up on the screen automatically"?
2.why is the word "ONE" in capital letters?
3.why does it say "What is it? _______gry?"-it ends it in "gry".
4.why does it state"and what it stands for"?the word "language" means something-it does not stand for anything
thanx!!!

 

Answer by ??crazy??
Submitted on 5/4/2005
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its just stupid! lol

 

Answer by dumb dude123
Submitted on 6/14/2005
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thats was hard! people e-mailed it to me... i saerched for it... thank you!

 

Answer by Lindsay
Submitted on 6/29/2005
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I've heard so many different versions of this riddle and there making me confused so the answer is LANGUAGE why cant some people just write it the right way so people aren't confused PLEASE!

 

Answer by Ally
Submitted on 7/14/2005
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Wait explain how it is languange again?

 

Answer by stevo
Submitted on 7/29/2005
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cool punctuation riddle. WTF

 

Answer by beautiful mistake
Submitted on 8/15/2005
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i still dont get it

 

Answer by Halley
Submitted on 10/17/2005
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i don't get it still......

 

Answer by ME
Submitted on 11/17/2005
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YOU'RE ALL GAY

 

Answer by Rika
Submitted on 11/28/2005
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Okay I get that part but why aren't the first and second words THE and ENGLISH instead of angry and hungry.

 

Answer by Alok `
Submitted on 12/2/2005
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The gry is just to make you fool. The three words are "THE ENGLISH LANGAUGE". So the correct answer is LANGUAGE!

 

Answer by Kevin
Submitted on 12/7/2005
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Worst riddle ever.

 

Answer by Reza
Submitted on 12/18/2005
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Yes there are three words in English language that end in “gry” , two of them are : “ANGRY” and “HUNGRY”.
Also everyone knows what the  word  “THIRD ONE” means.
And everyone uses 3 words : “ANGRY” , “HUNGRY” and “THIRD ONE” everyday
And as you said in last sentence,
the third word that ends in gry is the word  : _______gry

 

Answer by Reza
Submitted on 12/19/2005
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Yes there are three words in English language that end in “gry” , two of them are : “ANGRY” and “HUNGRY”.
Also everyone knows what the  word  “THIRD ONE” means.
And everyone uses 3 words : “ANGRY” , “HUNGRY” and “THIRD ONE” everyday
And as you said in last sentence,
the third word that ends in gry is the word  : _______gry

 

Answer by jun
Submitted on 1/24/2006
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ENERGY

 

Answer by wisbear
Submitted on 2/12/2006
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langauge

 

Answer by lashonda
Submitted on 2/14/2006
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that was silly i dont get it

 

Answer by shaner
Submitted on 2/18/2006
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in d real dictionary der r really 3 words dat ends in gry
and dey r "HUNGRY, ANGRY" and d last which we never really use evryday is "HIPPOLIGOPHILOGRY"
i thing d word hippoligophilogry is some english word dat is commonly used by some professions like scientist or watever
i didnt got to find wat it means but here is a sight for u to check out dat am telling d' truth

 

Answer by cody
Submitted on 2/19/2006
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Main Entry:   onegry
Part of Speech:   noun
Definition:   a state of being alone and unhappy
Etymology:   one + (an)gry

 

Answer by cody
Submitted on 2/21/2006
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Horngry:   When you can't decide between supper or sex!!!

 

Answer by lagger82
Submitted on 2/23/2006
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i thought it was orgy!

 

Answer by Henry
Submitted on 2/26/2006
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THERE IS NO ANSWER

Although some answers that end in GRY are the following but their not anything in the English language and you don't use them every day
-aggry
-begry
-conyngry
-gry
-higry-pigry
-iggry
-meagry
-nangry
-podagry
-puggry
-skugry

 

Answer by Julie
Submitted on 2/27/2006
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Hmmmm....That was an odd puzzle....

 

Answer by hrsluvr
Submitted on 2/28/2006
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I just want to point out that there are a ton of different versions of this riddle. The one that Tiger pointed out was just 1 of them. I heard that the answer to this one was angry 'cause it's the 1st word and ONEis capitalized in every sentence.but that doesn't really make a lot of sense to me.


 

Answer by elrohir
Submitted on 3/22/2006
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oohhhh.... wow... i knew thattt!!!!..lloll

 

Answer by frankie
Submitted on 3/24/2006
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man... that is awessommeeeeeeeee

 

Answer by bacon
Submitted on 3/29/2006
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dsfsadfasdfzx

 

Answer by Dizzy
Submitted on 5/6/2006
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mongry

 

Answer by ~Bay~
Submitted on 5/30/2006
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I can't believe it was language! I even had my mom trying to figure it out! Geeze! Riddles really mess with my brain!

 

Answer by G-Money08
Submitted on 6/4/2006
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I thought this puzzle was pretty much a waste of time. WHO cares about a carefully disguised piece of crap where are the word puzzles that actually require some amount of brain power?

 

Answer by pinkmunky
Submitted on 6/8/2006
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ok guyz thanks sooo much for answering that...it was totally kiling me...!!! :)

 

Answer by Pamela
Submitted on 6/26/2006
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language

 

Answer by KallMeKrysta
Submitted on 7/1/2006
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language...don't pay any attention to the -gry...it's just to confuse ya. THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE (and "language IS the third word!

 

Answer by sarahebarber
Submitted on 7/18/2006
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the answer is not language nor is it a word that ends in gry this is the origional wording of the riddle

There are at least three words
In the English language that end in g or 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?
this riddle relies on verbal trickery to confuse the quickly-said “g or y” with “gry”. The answer is actually “say”.


 

Answer by sarahebarber
Submitted on 7/18/2006
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the answer is not language nor is it a word that ends in gry this is the origional wording of the riddle

There are at least three words
In the English language that end in g or 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?
this riddle relies on verbal trickery to confuse the quickly-said “g or y” with “gry”. The answer is actually “say”.


 

Answer by iopp
Submitted on 8/27/2006
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its gry

 

Answer by Akram
Submitted on 9/15/2006
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i dont got it how language word eng in gry

 

Answer by ger
Submitted on 9/22/2006
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language

 

Answer by Laurita
Submitted on 10/21/2006
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dumb, dumb, dumb

 

Answer by Smack Down
Submitted on 11/3/2006
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This is so stupid!

 

Answer by wardilicious
Submitted on 11/11/2006
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nevets. u r soo blonde

 

Answer by F
Submitted on 11/28/2006
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Wow. No lives...

 

Answer by Nina
Submitted on 11/30/2006
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Found the following after a little googling.

There are different versions of the 'gry' puzzle.  This puzzle first appeared in print in the year 1975.

Nine versions of the puzzle are as follows:

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.

The answer is language.
It is the third word of "the English language". The question needs to be spoken, otherwise the quotation marks give away the trick. This version apparently originated in 1996.

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.

The answer is what.
The question states that "what" is the third word, then it asks for the third word. Again this version needs to be spoken to be effective.

3. There are three words in English that end in "gree." The first two are "angry" and "hungry," and if you've listened closely you'll agree that I've told you the third one.

The answer is agree.
It is a phonetic version of the riddle, asking for words that end in the sound "gree," but tricks people into thinking about the letters g-r-y by giving the two examples.

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?

The answer is energy.
The question asks for a word ending with the three letters g-r-y, but does not stipulate that they must be in that order.

5. There are at least three words in the English language that end in g or 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?

The answer is say.
The question must be said in such a way that the word "or" sounds like the letter "r". Once more, to be effective it is crucial that this version is spoken rather than printed. This version is first known to have appeared in 1997.

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?

The answer is I am hungry.
The question asks for three words that end in "-gry", but does not say that they each must end in "-gry."

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?

The answer is three.
It is the third word in the question, and the rest of the question is irrelevant: a red herring designed to put the solver off.

8. 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 everyday, and if you listened very carefully, I've given you the third word.

What is it? _______gry?

The answer is onegry. It said if you listened carefully, it stated it for you.  Notice ONE was capitalized everywhere it was showed, add GRY to the end, and you've got Onegry.

9. 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?

This is the (presumed) original version of the puzzle from 1975. The possible answers (if obsolete words, names, and hyphenated compounds of "angry" and "hungry" are allowed) are plentiful. Most of the 124 listed below were in the 1933 edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, and all have appeared in some major dictionary of English:

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'angryconyngry    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

 

Answer by teenzofdxb
Submitted on 12/5/2006
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LANGUAGE

 

Answer by Fireman 4 life
Submitted on 1/16/2007
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hmmm
if i am here
but im not there
where could i be
if im not here

 

Answer by skiljo4
Submitted on 2/11/2007
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angry, because it enphasises the word ONE so its pointing out that the word is the first ONE it told you which is angry

 

Answer by lil miss rockstar
Submitted on 2/21/2007
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language

 

Answer by joker
Submitted on 3/3/2007
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still do not get why the answer is language please keep explaining

 

Answer by Pumkin
Submitted on 3/12/2007
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that is so funny I get it

 

Answer by vaonne
Submitted on 4/30/2007
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the answer is ONEGRY. which means a state of being lonely or unhappy.

look it up people.

 

Answer by soccerprincess00
Submitted on 5/30/2007
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LAUGUAGE!! DUH!DUDE THAT TOOK ME TWO SECONDS TO FIGURE OUT!!

 

Answer by macochikonline
Submitted on 6/10/2007
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well 4 da riddle dat was ACTUALLY posted da word is onergy..onergy means 4 1 person 2 be alone so yerr..but i didnt even hear dat word b4 until i searched 4 da ansa LMAOO! :D

 

Answer by juliehaars
Submitted on 6/22/2007
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language doesnt end with GRY it ends with AGE!

 

Answer by kT
Submitted on 6/29/2007
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Um.... Whoever "Tiger" is (you posted a comment on here), there is actually 8 (EIGHT)versions of this riddle, so the other person was right also.  There is no 'correct' version of the riddle.  That other person actually did "GET IT RIGHT".  Check it out at  http://www.fun-with-words.com/word_gry_angry_hungry.html.

 

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