8-Letter Words Matching ___YR___

There are 12 8-letter words that match ___YR___. 2 are common words, such as EMPYREAN and PLAYROOM. A rarer one is SATYRIDS. In this set, A is the most frequent open letter (9 words). 1 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 12

empyreanplayroombutyratebutyrinscopyreadempyrealbutyralsbutyrousbutyrylspapyrianpapyrinesatyrids

About this list

Words
12 (2 common words)
Common example
empyrean
Rare example
satyrids
Doubled letters
1
Ending in S
5
Most frequent letter
A (9)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ___yr___ are there?

12. 2 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

EMPYREAN is among the common words in this set.