8-Letter Words Matching ___W___Y

There are 13 8-letter words that match ___W___Y. 5 are common words, such as AVOWEDLY and COBWEBBY. A rarer one is OUTWEARY. In this set, O is the most frequent open letter (11 words). 2 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 13

avowedlycobwebbydrowsilyfrowzilystowawayclowneryavowablyblowsilyblowzilybrawnilycrawlwaynonwoodyoutweary

About this list

Words
13 (5 common words)
Common example
avowedly
Rare example
outweary
Doubled letters
2
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
O (11)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ___w___y are there?

13. 5 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

AVOWEDLY is among the common words in this set.