11-Letter Words Matching ______Y_E__

There are 12 11-letter words that match ______Y_E__. 1 are common words, such as POLYSTYRENE and CALLIPYGEAN. A rarer one is TETRAHYMENA. 2 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 12

polystyrenecallipygeanoverpaymentphycomycetebiopolymerscountryseatfreestylershypophysealisobutyleneprotoxylemsterpolymerstetrahymena

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Words
12 (1 common words)
Common example
polystyrene
Rare example
tetrahymena
Doubled letters
2
Ending in S
4

Questions

How many 11-letter words matching ______y_e__ are there?

12. 1 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

POLYSTYRENE is among the common words in this set.