8-Letter Words Matching ___S___Y

There are 79 8-letter words that match ___S___Y. 33 are common words, such as APOSTASY and BLISTERY. A rarer one is YEASTILY. In this set, L is the most frequent open letter (50 words). 27 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 79

Common words

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Words
79 (33 common words)
Common example
apostasy
Rare example
yeastily
Doubled letters
27
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
L (50)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ___s___y are there?

79. 33 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

APOSTASY is among the common words in this set.