10-Letter Words Matching ____W____Y

There are 16 10-letter words that match ____W____Y. 9 are common words, such as BACKWARDLY and LUKEWARMLY. A rarer one is BACKWOODSY. In this set, R is the most frequent open letter (12 words). 5 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 16

backwardlylukewarmlynewsweeklynewsworthynoteworthyroadworthysemiweeklystrawberryunlawfullydownwardlyeastwardlyshrewishlystalwartlyuntowardlywestwardlybackwoodsy

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Words
16 (9 common words)
Common example
backwardly
Rare example
backwoodsy
Doubled letters
5
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
R (12)

Questions

How many 10-letter words matching ____w____y are there?

16. 9 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

BACKWARDLY is among the common words in this set.