So, why then does this riddle continue to mystify even the hardiest 
puzzle-solvers? Simple! It's because the riddle itself is almost always 
stated INCORRECTLY! That's right. The way the riddle is most often told, 
there IS no answer!

Don't believe me? Let's start by reading the riddle as it is usually told. 
Here goes:

"There are three words in the English language that end in GRY. Two are 
HUNGRY and ANGRY. The third one everyone uses every day and knows what it 
stands for. If you listened carefully, I already told you what the word is."

Sound familiar? I'll bet that YOU heard the riddle worded something like 
that, right? And if that's how you heard it, no wonder you've been wracking 
your brain trying to find the answer. But you know what? There IS no correct 
answer! This riddle or a version of it, has been around for at least 20 
years. In the ORIGINAL format (as you'll soon see), it makes sense and is a 
true riddle in the sense that, once you find the answer, you slap your 
forehead and go "Of course!"

Here is the riddle in its original form (going back about 20 years):

"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? The word 
is something that everyone uses every day. If you have listened carefully, I 
have already told you what it is."

In its proper, original form, the first two sentences have absolutely 
nothing to do with the question: "Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and 
hungry are two of them." Ignore those two sentences. They are there only to 
throw you off course. (And it worked, didn't it?) What's left is the actual 
riddle itself: "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."

The key is the phrase "the English language." In this three-word phrase, the 
third word is simply the word "language." Get it? "Language" is definitely 
something that "everyone uses every day"! Without that quirky little twist, 
the puzzle would be just another trivia question, not a riddle.

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