8-Letter Words Matching ____Y_E_

There are 59 8-letter words that match ____Y_E_. 23 are common words, such as ACOLYTES and ANALYSED. A rarer one is VANDYKES. In this set, S is the most frequent open letter (37 words). 9 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 59

Common words

acolytesanalysedanalysesanalyzedanalyzeranalyzesanodynesbogeymencoccygescoccyxesdairymendialyses
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Words
59 (23 common words)
Common example
acolytes
Rare example
vandykes
Doubled letters
9
Ending in S
30
Most frequent letter
S (37)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ____y_e_ are there?

59. 23 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ACOLYTES is among the common words in this set.