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(Message started by: pcbouhid on Dec 3^rd, 2005, 6:00am)

Title: Another common word, please.
Post by pcbouhid on Dec 3^rd, 2005, 6:00am

Two very common english words that end in G, R, and Y are ANGRY and HUNGRY.

Can you name a third word that ends in G, R, and Y? It must be very common too.

Title: Re: ANOTHER COMMON WORD, PLEASE.
Post by Icarus on Dec 3^rd, 2005, 7:08am

Of all the myriad statements of this riddle that have been posted, yours is the first to separate the letters. However, I can't think of any common words ending in YRG, RYG, GYR right now, either.

The most commonly intended answer for this riddle is completely ruled out by your wording (but then again it has always been ruled out by the wording of previous versions of this riddle too - every last single time, the poster botched the wording, and eliminated the answer they were after).

Title: Re: Another common word, please.
Post by TimMann on Aug 25^th, 2006, 8:08pm

The following page opines that there are several possibilities for what the original riddle was.

http://brainyplanet.com/index.php/Gry

It also gives an answer to Icarus's interpretation of pcbouhid's wording: energy.

Title: Re: Another common word, please.
Post by graphia on Aug 25^th, 2006, 10:42pm

Not sure if this matches the rules of the puzzle but I'd guess "Hung" - which can end in g (hung), r (hunger) or y (hungry). It is a different word to hungry though :P

Title: Re: Another common word, please.
Post by Icarus on Aug 26^th, 2006, 11:03am

Nice article. I particularly liked "nugry": Someone new (presumably) who proposes a well-known riddle.

I have a new answer the next time I see Gry posted!

Title: Re: Another common word, please.
Post by Sameer on Aug 26^th, 2006, 11:07am

Icarus, another puzzle you can try your grep skills!! ::)