5-Letter Words Matching S_Y__

There are 18 5-letter words that match S_Y__. 10 are common words, such as SHYER and SHYLY. A rarer one is STYED. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (10 words). 0 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 18

shyershylyskyedslyerslylysoyasstyesstylestylistymysayerslypesayidsaystskyeysnyessoyuzstyed

About this list

Words
18 (10 common words)
Common example
shyer
Rare example
styed
Doubled letters
0
Ending in S
3
Most frequent letter
E (10)

Questions

How many 5-letter words matching s_y__ are there?

18. 10 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

SHYER is among the common words in this set.