5-Letter Words Matching E___Y

There are 15 5-letter words that match E___Y. 13 are common words, such as EARLY and EBONY. A rarer one is ENSKY. In this set, N is the most frequent open letter (6 words). 1 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 15

earlyebonyedifyelegyemeryemptyenemyenjoyentryenvoyepoxyessayeveryembayensky

About this list

Words
15 (13 common words)
Common example
early
Rare example
ensky
Doubled letters
1
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
N (6)

Questions

How many 5-letter words matching e___y are there?

15. 13 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

EARLY is among the common words in this set.