8-Letter Words Matching _____Y_Y

There are 17 8-letter words that match _____Y_Y. 3 are common words, such as MISOGYNY and PORPHYRY. A rarer one is PERIGYNY. In this set, O is the most frequent open letter (16 words). 1 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 17

misogynyporphyrysynonymyantonymyhomonymymeronymymetonymymonogynyparonymypolygynytoponymyallotypyautotypyhologynyhypogynylogotypyperigyny

About this list

Words
17 (3 common words)
Common example
misogyny
Rare example
perigyny
Doubled letters
1
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
O (16)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching _____y_y are there?

17. 3 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

MISOGYNY is among the common words in this set.