8-Letter Words Matching ____Y__G

There are 131 8-letter words that match ____Y__G. 82 are common words, such as ALLAYING and ALLOYING. A rarer one is WILLYING. In this set, N is the most frequent open letter (124 words). 63 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 131

Common words

allayingalloyingannoyingapplyingarrayingassayingbandyingbelayingbellyingberryingbogeyingbullying
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About this list

Words
131 (82 common words)
Common example
allaying
Rare example
willying
Doubled letters
63
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
N (124)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ____y__g are there?

131. 82 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ALLAYING is among the common words in this set.