8-Letter Words Matching ___Y___Y

There are 14 8-letter words that match ___Y___Y. 3 are common words, such as BUOYANCY and BUSYBODY. A rarer one is POLYTENY. In this set, O is the most frequent open letter (10 words). 0 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 14

buoyancybusybodypolygamylawyerlypolygynypolyparypolypodypolysemyabeyancydidynamyeurythmyhokypokypolygonypolyteny

About this list

Words
14 (3 common words)
Common example
buoyancy
Rare example
polyteny
Doubled letters
0
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
O (10)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ___y___y are there?

14. 3 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

BUOYANCY is among the common words in this set.