6-Letter Words Matching _P___Y

There are 23 6-letter words that match _P___Y. 14 are common words, such as APATHY and APIARY. A rarer one is SPRUCY. In this set, S is the most frequent open letter (19 words). 10 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 23

apathyapiaryopenlyspaceysparkyspeedyspiffyspongyspookysportyspottysprylyspunkyuppitysparryspheryspoonyspurryspiceyspikeyspinnyspoofysprucy

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Words
23 (14 common words)
Common example
apathy
Rare example
sprucy
Doubled letters
10
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
S (19)

Questions

How many 6-letter words matching _p___y are there?

23. 14 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

APATHY is among the common words in this set.