7-Letter Words Matching ___YA__

There are 15 7-letter words that match ___YA__. 6 are common words, such as ALIYAHS and BANYANS. A rarer one is TANYARD. In this set, A is the most frequent open letter (11 words). 1 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 15

aliyahsbanyansbuoyanthalyardlanyardplayactabeyantbuoyagedrayagebeeyardgalyacsgalyaksminyansquayagetanyard

About this list

Words
15 (6 common words)
Common example
aliyahs
Rare example
tanyard
Doubled letters
1
Ending in S
5
Most frequent letter
A (11)

Questions

How many 7-letter words matching ___ya__ are there?

15. 6 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ALIYAHS is among the common words in this set.