8-Letter Words Matching ___Y_E__

There are 25 8-letter words that match ___Y_E__. 8 are common words, such as BUSYNESS and CLAYIEST. A rarer one is POLYTENY. In this set, L is the most frequent open letter (15 words). 6 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 25

Common words

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busynessclayiestempyreanethylenegraynessplaypenspolymerssprynessbutylenecopydeskcopyreadempyrealplayletspolysemyawaynesscalycealganymedegreyhensgreynessoutyieldplaylessplaywearpolygenepolytenepolyteny

About this list

Words
25 (8 common words)
Common example
busyness
Rare example
polyteny
Doubled letters
6
Ending in S
10
Most frequent letter
L (15)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ___y_e__ are there?

25. 8 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

BUSYNESS is among the common words in this set.