6-Letter Words Matching _Y_T__

There are 16 6-letter words that match _Y_T__. 6 are common words, such as CYSTIC and MYRTLE. A rarer one is XYSTUS. In this set, S is the most frequent open letter (12 words). 3 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 16

cysticmyrtlemysticoystersyntaxsystemhyetalsynthsxysterfytteslyttaelyttasmyoticxystoixystosxystus

About this list

Words
16 (6 common words)
Common example
cystic
Rare example
xystus
Doubled letters
3
Ending in S
5
Most frequent letter
S (12)

Questions

How many 6-letter words matching _y_t__ are there?

16. 6 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

CYSTIC is among the common words in this set.