8-Letter Words Matching ____S__Y

There are 117 8-letter words that match ____S__Y. 57 are common words, such as ADVISORY and ANCESTRY. A rarer one is ZYGOSITY. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (80 words). 21 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 117

Common words

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About this list

Words
117 (57 common words)
Common example
advisory
Rare example
zygosity
Doubled letters
21
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
I (80)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ____s__y are there?

117. 57 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ADVISORY is among the common words in this set.