10-Letter Words Matching ____O__Y__

There are 18 10-letter words that match ____O__Y__. 2 are common words, such as HIEROGLYPH and SAPROPHYTE. A rarer one is PSILOPHYTE. 3 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 18

hieroglyphsaprophytecladophyllcormophytecyclostylegranophyrehydrophytelithophytemicrophyteosteophytepetroglyphphenocrystsporophyllsporophytehygrophytemacrophytemicrophyllpsilophyte

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Words
18 (2 common words)
Common example
hieroglyph
Rare example
psilophyte
Doubled letters
3
Ending in S
0

Questions

How many 10-letter words matching ____o__y__ are there?

18. 2 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

HIEROGLYPH is among the common words in this set.