8-Letter Words Matching ____Y___

There are 382 8-letter words that match ____Y___. 153 are common words, such as ACOLYTES and ALLAYING. A rarer one is ZYZZYVAS. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (230 words). 122 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 382

Common words

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About this list

Words
382 (153 common words)
Common example
acolytes
Rare example
zyzzyvas
Doubled letters
122
Ending in S
81
Most frequent letter
I (230)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ____y___ are there?

382. 153 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ACOLYTES is among the common words in this set.