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===Meta-puzzle versions=== The remaining versions are a form of meta-puzzle, in the sense that they make no use of the actual letters "gry" themselves, which therefore are a [[red herring]]. The red herring only works because there is another puzzle that does use these letters (even though that puzzle has no good answer). #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? Hint: The word is something that everyone uses every day. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is.<ref name="cole"/><ref> {{cite news | title = The Elvis Duran Morning Show | newspaper = WHTZ (New York City) | date = 1996-03-28 | url = https://groups.google.com/group/rec.puzzles/browse_thread/thread/b0b49fe19463ee6a/e8abcfe7492cd9c7 }} </ref> #*The answer is "language", and the logic is as follows: There are only three words in "the English language"; the third word is "language". Since this version requires quotation marks around the phrase, "the English language", the written version gives away the trick. #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 every day. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is.<ref name="cole"/><ref name="groups.google.com"/> #*The answer is "what". But again, the quotation marks spoil the puzzle when it is printed. #There are three words in the English language that end with "gry". Two of these are "angry" and "hungry". The third word is a very common word, and you use it often. If you have read what I have told you, you will see that I have given you the third word. What is the third word? Think very carefully.<ref name="cole"/><ref> {{cite newsgroup | newsgroup = alt.english.usage | url = https://groups.google.com/group/alt.usage.english/browse_thread/thread/37254f1aeeab24b7/f2c9841c4fa57ff6 | title=What is the third word? |date=May 6, 1996 }} </ref> #*The answer is "three", the third word in the paragraph. The rest of the paragraph is a red herring. #There are three words in the English language that end in "gry". The first "one" is "hungry", the second "one" is "angry", what is the third "one"? If you have read this carefully I have given a clue.<ref name="cole"/><ref> {{cite newsgroup | newsgroup = alt.personals | url = https://groups.google.com/group/alt.personals/browse_thread/thread/a77a784972f79e7e | title=Sorry-off topic, BUT do you know the answer? |date=Aug 8, 1996 }} </ref> #*The answer is the word "one", which is the third "one". Again the quotation marks ruin the written puzzle, so this version is usually written without the quotation marks and with the word "one" capitalized.
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