8-Letter Words Matching ___L_Y__

There are 20 8-letter words that match ___L_Y__. 13 are common words, such as DEPLOYED and DISLOYAL. A rarer one is UNCLOYED. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (18 words). 5 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 20

deployeddisloyalemployedemployeeemployeremployesparlayedparleyedreplayedvolleyedwalleyedwalleyeswaylayerunplayedvolleyeratalayasmislayermotleyerparleyeruncloyed

About this list

Words
20 (13 common words)
Common example
deployed
Rare example
uncloyed
Doubled letters
5
Ending in S
3
Most frequent letter
E (18)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ___l_y__ are there?

20. 13 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

DEPLOYED is among the common words in this set.