5-Letter Words Matching __W_Y

There are 23 5-letter words that match __W_Y. 14 are common words, such as BAWDY and BYWAY. A rarer one is TOWNY. In this set, A is the most frequent open letter (12 words). 0 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 23

bawdybywaydowdydownydowrygawkyhowdyjowlylowlynewlynewsynowayrowdytawnyalwaybawtycowryfawnygawsylawnypawkyrawlytowny

About this list

Words
23 (14 common words)
Common example
bawdy
Rare example
towny
Doubled letters
0
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
A (12)

Questions

How many 5-letter words matching __w_y are there?

23. 14 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

BAWDY is among the common words in this set.