5-Letter Words Matching _H__Y

There are 17 5-letter words that match _H__Y. 9 are common words, such as CHARY and CHEWY. A rarer one is THYMY. In this set, S is the most frequent open letter (7 words). 0 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 17

charychewyphonyshadyshakyshinyshowyshylywhinychevychivythewywhitychokyshalyshilythymy

About this list

Words
17 (9 common words)
Common example
chary
Rare example
thymy
Doubled letters
0
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
S (7)

Questions

How many 5-letter words matching _h__y are there?

17. 9 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

CHARY is among the common words in this set.