11-Letter Words Matching ____Y___S__

There are 12 11-letter words that match ____Y___S__. 5 are common words, such as AMARYLLISES and ANONYMOUSLY. A rarer one is MATEYNESSES. In this set, S is the most frequent open letter (10 words). 7 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 12

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About this list

Words
12 (5 common words)
Common example
amaryllises
Rare example
mateynesses
Doubled letters
7
Ending in S
10
Most frequent letter
S (10)

Questions

How many 11-letter words matching ____y___s__ are there?

12. 5 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

AMARYLLISES is among the common words in this set.