“There are at least three words in the English language that end in G or Y…which “sounds like” GRY”…Throwing in hungry and angry just makes one think that the person indeed said GRY. The answer to the riddle then becomes any word that ends in G…like doG…or Y, like happY. There are certainly more than three words…probably several thousand. Saying, “at least three” words adds to the misunderstanding of what was actually said.

It always amazes me how people can take a simple childish joke and completely ruin it by over-analyzing it.

“Think of words ending in -GRY.” – The misdirection start here.. you are deliberately thinking of words that end in GRY..

” Angry and hungry are two of them.” — Useless information, does not mean anything, but since this is a riddle written in “English”, you apply English Grammar and Proper Speech rules to it, and according to those rules the first sentence goes together with this one, else BOTH sentences are considered “Improper and do not go together”

“There are only three words in the English language.” — The misdirection ENDS here because it makes NO logical sense to tie this sentence with the first two, its both Logistically incorrect and as far as Grammar and Speech goes putting this with the first two is incorrect. You MUST read this as a STAND Alone Question with NOTHING to do with the first two.

“What is the third word?” — This is the second half of the riddle, remember you are Ignoring the fist two sentences because they are irrelevant. The TRUE riddle reads like this “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.” — Clues to the ACTUAL Riddle.. the true riddle is a Linguistics question.

The answer is “Language”, this is the third word in the phrase “The English Language”. You use “Language” every day, and yes, they used the word “Language” in the riddle…

Energy ends in “rgy” instead of “gry”.