11-Letter Words Matching _O_____Y___

There are 16 11-letter words that match _O_____Y___. 4 are common words, such as DOWNPLAYING and SOLIDIFYING. A rarer one is ROUGHDRYING. In this set, N is the most frequent open letter (11 words). 3 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 16

downplayingsolidifyingsoothsayerssoothsayingnonanalyticsomatotypescocatalystscoembodyingcoemployingcopurifyingcorduroyingcourtesyingdoomsdayersholoenzymeshomopolymerroughdrying

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Words
16 (4 common words)
Common example
downplaying
Rare example
roughdrying
Doubled letters
3
Ending in S
5
Most frequent letter
N (11)

Questions

How many 11-letter words matching _o_____y___ are there?

16. 4 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

DOWNPLAYING is among the common words in this set.