8-Letter Words Matching ___L___Y

There are 84 8-letter words that match ___L___Y. 31 are common words, such as ADULTERY and BALLADRY. A rarer one is YELLOWLY. In this set, L is the most frequent open letter (53 words). 40 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 84

Common words

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About this list

Words
84 (31 common words)
Common example
adultery
Rare example
yellowly
Doubled letters
40
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
L (53)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ___l___y are there?

84. 31 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ADULTERY is among the common words in this set.