6-Letter Words Matching __Y__Y

There are 17 6-letter words that match __Y__Y. 8 are common words, such as ANYWAY and FLYWAY. A rarer one is THYMEY. In this set, A is the most frequent open letter (11 words). 0 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 17

anywayflywaygayetyheydaymaydaymayflypaydaywaylaybryonydayflykeywayskywaytoyboydoyleyflyboyheydeythymey

About this list

Words
17 (8 common words)
Common example
anyway
Rare example
thymey
Doubled letters
0
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
A (11)

Questions

How many 6-letter words matching __y__y are there?

17. 8 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ANYWAY is among the common words in this set.