6-Letter Words Matching _Y___N

There are 16 6-letter words that match _Y___N. 5 are common words, such as HYPHEN and PYTHON. A rarer one is WYVERN. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (7 words). 1 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 16

hyphenpythonsylvansyphontycoonmyelinmyosintympancyanincymlindyneinhyalinryokansylvintyphonwyvern

About this list

Words
16 (5 common words)
Common example
hyphen
Rare example
wyvern
Doubled letters
1
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
I (7)

Questions

How many 6-letter words matching _y___n are there?

16. 5 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

HYPHEN is among the common words in this set.