10-Letter Words Matching _____Y___L

There are 16 10-letter words that match _____Y___L. 3 are common words, such as APOCRYPHAL and PAROXYSMAL. A rarer one is SYMPHYSIAL. In this set, A is the most frequent open letter (15 words). 2 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 16

apocryphalparoxysmalvolleyballaneurysmalapterygialeucalyptolhypabyssalapophysealchlamydialdiaphysealdiaphysialepiphysealepiphysialsulfhydrylsymphysealsymphysial

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Words
16 (3 common words)
Common example
apocryphal
Rare example
symphysial
Doubled letters
2
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
A (15)

Questions

How many 10-letter words matching _____y___l are there?

16. 3 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

APOCRYPHAL is among the common words in this set.