8-Letter Words Matching ___A_Y__

There are 12 8-letter words that match ___A_Y__. 7 are common words, such as CATALYST and CATALYZE. A rarer one is RUBAIYAT. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (10 words). 0 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 12

catalystcatalyzegigabytemegabyteparalyseparalyzeterabytedatatypepetabyteeucalyptmegadynerubaiyat

About this list

Words
12 (7 common words)
Common example
catalyst
Rare example
rubaiyat
Doubled letters
0
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
E (10)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ___a_y__ are there?

12. 7 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

CATALYST is among the common words in this set.