Question

Recently I was asked this question:

Besides angry and hungry, what is the only other word in the English language that ends in "gry?"

I answered accordingly:

The question is asked incorrectly to begin with. That aside, the answer is either "language" or "what".

Thank you, thank you.

Marcus Tee

Oh, you want an explanation?

Here is the question as it has been asked before:

There are three words in the English language that end in "gry." Angry and hungry are two of the words. What is the third word? Everyone knows what it means and everyone uses it every day. Look closely and I have already given you the third word. What is it?"

So the question is "What is the third word?" That is true, "What" *is* the third word.

Or, "There are three words in the English language. What is the third word?"

The statement "There are three words in *the English language*.
What is the third word?"
Is asking what is the third word in the statement *the English language*?
The third word is "language."

Now, wasn't that simple?

Marcus Tee