10-Letter Words Matching __L___Y___

There are 23 10-letter words that match __L___Y___. 6 are common words, such as CALCIFYING and FALSIFYING. A rarer one is SOLVOLYTIC. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (18 words). 9 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 23

calcifyingfalsifyingholidayingmollifyingnullifyingpilloryingcollotypesdulcifyinghalophytesheliotypesholophyticjellifyingsolvolysisgalleryinggalleryitehalophyticholidayersjollifyinglullabyingpolyptychspolyrhythmsolvolysessolvolytic

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Words
23 (6 common words)
Common example
calcifying
Rare example
solvolytic
Doubled letters
9
Ending in S
7
Most frequent letter
I (18)

Questions

How many 10-letter words matching __l___y___ are there?

23. 6 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

CALCIFYING is among the common words in this set.