Scop: îmbunătațirea vocabularului, verificarea atenției.

Palindromul este, în sens strict, un cuvânt sau o frază care poate fi citită atât de la stânga la

dreapta, cât şi de la dreapta la stânga, sensul rămânând acelaşi.

De exemplu : UNU, COJOC, REPER etc. 

Denumirea de palindrom derivă de la cuvintele greceşti palin – „din nou” şi dromos – „drum”. 

Propoziţiile sau frazele palindromice se mai numesc anaciclice, retrograde, recurente sau

sotadice (după Sotades care se spune că le-a inventat). Cel mai lung palindrom din lume

este Pitkä palindromi, în limba finlandeză, creat de Teemu Paavolainen în 1992 cu 49 935

caractere.

The Gry Puzzle este un joc popular care presupune găsirea celui de-al treilea cuvânt care să se

termine in –gry. Primele două cuvinte sunt  "angry" și "hungry,". În limba curentă nu se cunosc

alte cuvinte care să aibă această terminație, așa că cuvintele care se presupun a fi răspunsuri pot

să fie cuvinte total diferite.

1. 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.

The answer is language.

It is the third word of "the English language". The question needs to be spoken, otherwise the

quotation marks give away the trick. This version apparently originated in 1996.

2. "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 everyday. If you have listened carefully, I

have already told you what it is.

The answer is what.

The question states that "what" is the third word, then it asks for the third word. 

3. There are at least three words in the English language that end in g or y. One of them is

"hungry," and another one is "angry." There is a third word, a short one, which you probably say

every day. If you are listening carefully to everything I say, you just heard me say it three times.

What is it?

The answer is say.

The question must be said in such a way that the word "or" sounds like the letter "r".

4. I know two words that end in "gry." Neither one is angry or hungry. What are they?

The answer is "angry" and "hungry." Since these are words, they are not capable of being

angry or hungry.

5. 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.

The answer is the word "one," which is the third "one."