The GRY riddle
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Probably more has been written and argued about the GRY riddle than any other riddle. Due to the introduction of the intranet and computer based word searches people thought that it would be easy, just find another word ending in GRY. But its not that easy, the GRY riddle was around a long time before micro computers and search engines. It was invented in the days when riddles were a pleasant way of life, some evening entertainment amongst the family.

There are three words in the English language ending with g-r-y. Hungry is one word that ends with g-r-y. Every body knows what they mean and every body says them every day. If you have listened carefully you would have heard me tell you the third word.

What are the three words?




Scroll down for the answer. Remember that it is a riddle and not some sort of calculation or word search puzzle. Therefore the answer that you will be looking for will have some sort of twist, as riddles go.




Answer to the GRY Riddle:

Well there are just not three words in the English language ending g-r-y, certainly not common words that would be said every day. Angry and hungry are the only two words that end in g-r-y. Hungry may be said every day but I doubt whether or not angry would be said every day. Somebody said that the word 'gry' is a proper word meaning the dirt under your fingernails. If it is a proper word then it certainly doesn't fit the clues.

The biggest clue in the riddle are the words 'listened' and  'heard'.  This tells you that the riddle is meant to be spoken and not read from written material.


Looking at the words in the riddle, something therefore starts to stick out. The words 'every' and 'body'. The riddle could have been written incorrectly and 'every' and 'body' could have been written as 'everybody' and still have sounded the same when the riddle was spoken. This would have caused more confusion and made the analysis for the solution just one step further away.


The two words 'every' and 'body' as 'every body' mean something quite different to the word 'everybody'.


So what word or 3 words ending with g-r-y does every body know so well that every body says them every day? Just have a quiet think on this and you may come up with the answer.

Does a body say words? Out of the mouth comes words, the mouth is part of the body. Does the body tell you things without saying words. Does the body say things to you, without speaking?


When you put your hand on a hot stove does your body tell you "Ouch, get your hand off that stove it hurts!" I think that it does.


When you are hungry does your body say to you "I am hungry!". I think it does. I think that everybody's body says that every day and I think that that is the answer to the riddle.


"I am hungry" fits all of the clues:
3 words ending with g-r-y
already heard the third word
every body says every day
every body understands what they mean.
English language


"I am angry" or "You are hungry" or various other combinations just do not fit all of the clues.


I first heard this riddle in the late 1950's. I remembered it from then. I didn't work it out then as I was just a youngster, but I rembered it well. You must keep in mind that this is a riddle. Riddles were once a popular form of entertainment.

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