"I think you are 100% about your identification of those "three words." When you consider your previous two conditions and the thematic and verbal parallels of those logia, I mean, what else could it be?? It has to be that. It's pretty remarkable that you figured it out (no doubt due to your rigour in seeking answers which are internally consistent with the text, rather than others who immediately reach for outside allusions). Up until yesterday, I just thought that the "three words" were something that we will never know. Interesting, too, how it helps explains the "twin" typology of Thomas in relation to Jesus." (note from Gebhardt-Klein to me)
Read Reflections on the "Three Words" of the Gospel of Thomas