7-Letter Words Matching E___Y__

There are 17 7-letter words that match E___Y__. 5 are common words, such as EMBRYOS and ENJOYED. A rarer one is EPIGYNY. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (10 words). 3 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 17

embryosenjoyedepoxyedessayedessayerencryptecotypeecthymaenjoyereponymseponymyexabyteembayedembryonennuyeeenskyedepigyny

About this list

Words
17 (5 common words)
Common example
embryos
Rare example
epigyny
Doubled letters
3
Ending in S
2
Most frequent letter
E (10)

Questions

How many 7-letter words matching e___y__ are there?

17. 5 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

EMBRYOS is among the common words in this set.