10-Letter Words Matching __S___Y___

There are 21 10-letter words that match __S___Y___. 11 are common words, such as DESTROYERS and DESTROYING. A rarer one is RUSSIFYING. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (17 words). 3 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 21

destroyersdestroyingdisobeyingdisplayingjustifyingmisplayingmystifyingresprayingrestudyingtestifyingyesteryearhistolysismisallyingmiscopyingdisobeyershistolysesmesophyllsmesophytesmesophyticmisrelyingrussifying

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Words
21 (11 common words)
Common example
destroyers
Rare example
russifying
Doubled letters
3
Ending in S
6
Most frequent letter
I (17)

Questions

How many 10-letter words matching __s___y___ are there?

21. 11 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

DESTROYERS is among the common words in this set.