The 'words ending in GRY' riddle.
Posted by Bernie on October 17, 2001
In Reply to: The 'words ending in GRY' riddle. posted by Barney Scott on December 20, 2000
: : While the explanation on this page of this internet riddle
on this page is interesting, the problem is that
: : there IS a third word in the English language that ends with
GRY - it's GRY, meaning one tenth of a line,
: : or something small and insignificant.
: And if you do an internet search, you'll find that people have
found a few other obscure words ending -gry.
: I did remember 'gry' without looking it up - I'd come across it
in the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary years ago. It also means
'dirt under the fingernails' - which doesn't have any other simple
word for it, so I think we should campaign to get 'gry' more widely
used!