8-Letter Words Matching ____Y__S

There are 81 8-letter words that match ____Y__S. 19 are common words, such as ACOLYTES and ANALYSES. A rarer one is ZYZZYVAS. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (58 words). 13 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 81

Common words

acolytesanalysesanalysisanalystsanalyzesanodynesassayerscoccygescoccyxesdelayersdialysesdialysis
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Words
81 (19 common words)
Common example
acolytes
Rare example
zyzzyvas
Doubled letters
13
Ending in S
81
Most frequent letter
E (58)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ____y__s are there?

81. 19 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ACOLYTES is among the common words in this set.