What are the word records for ending -gry?

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What are the word records for ending -gry?
(Spelling / Structure / Subset of Word)

  i.  example

[ Editor: question framed by the editor from the headings of the Taxonomy of Wordplay. ]

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[ Editor: from the Taxonomy of Wordplay, www.questrel.com, retrieved 28 Oct 2026. Classes (common, uncommon, hyphenated words, phrases), scores, ties (-t) and the source codes in brackets are explained in language/english/word.records.introduction. ]

Sources: [9-43,152,10-152,19-131,20-84,*22-195,23-6,9,28,153,25-253,30-232]

i.  example
        see "-Gry" article
ii.  similar examples
        see list "Common Words with Unique Ending and Uncommon Partner, for Each Letter" below

Common Words with Unique Ending and Uncommon Partner, for Each Letter
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a       sabre, macabre, cabre (abre)
        chapel, lapel, scapel (apel)
b       debt, doubt, abt (bt)
c       circuit, biscuit, cuit (cuit)
d       sudsy, woodsy, pudsy (dsy)
e       delay, relay, belay, rokelay (elay)
        metro, retro, vespetro (etro)
f       safely, wifely, rifely (fely)
g       length, strength, youngth (gth)
h       think, chink, hink (hink)
        chuck, shuck, huck (huck)
i       piece, niece, griece (iece)
        diem, requiem, riem (iem)
        Friday, holiday, centiday (iday)
        siege, liege, griege (iege)
        rigid, frigid, boigid (igid)
        rifle, stifle, trifle, nifle (ifle)
        stigma, sigma, enigma, sterigma (igma)
j       sojourn, adjourn, rejourn (journ)
k       ?
l       cleat, bleat, pleat, leat (leat)
m       memory, armory, emory (mory)
n       infer, confer, granfer (nfer)
        known, renown, nown (nown)
        minnow, winnow, lennow (nnow)
o       coconut, donut, econut (onut)
        boost, roost, coost (oost)
p       ipso, calypso, apso (pso)
q       prequel, sequel, cakchiquel (quel)
r       strafe, carafe, agrafe (rafe)
        carbon, bourbon, charbon (rbon)
        briar, friar, moriar (riar)
        proud, shroud, stroud (roud)
        bruce, truce, spruce, cruce (ruce)
s       assay, essay, missay (ssay)
        miscue, rescue, fescue (scue)
t       martyr, satyr, bogatyr (tyr)
        continue, retinue, detinue (tinue)
u       squad, quad, duad (uad)
        stupid, cupid, proctotrupid (upid)
        sugar, cougar, bougar (ugar)
        persuade, dissuade, ruade (uade)
        audio, studio, preludio (udio)
        tumor, rumor, humor, mundugumor (umor)
v       invader, evader, pervader (vader)
w       swam, wigwam, dwam (wam)
x       ?
y       maybe, gybe, clitocybe (ybe)
        cycle, recycle, calycle (ycle)
        everyone, anyone, sinkyone (yone)
z       seizure, azure, brizure (zure)

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