7-Letter Words Matching _E_Y___

There are 13 7-letter words that match _E_Y___. 9 are common words, such as BELYING and DEFYING. A rarer one is LEKYTHI. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (8 words). 1 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 13

belyingdefyingdenyinglevyingrecyclerelyingretyingretypedretypesbeeyardkerygmalecythilekythi

About this list

Words
13 (9 common words)
Common example
belying
Rare example
lekythi
Doubled letters
1
Ending in S
1
Most frequent letter
I (8)

Questions

How many 7-letter words matching _e_y___ are there?

13. 9 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

BELYING is among the common words in this set.