8-Letter Words Matching __A____Y

There are 135 8-letter words that match __A____Y. 65 are common words, such as ALACRITY and BEARABLY. A rarer one is YEASTILY. In this set, L is the most frequent open letter (87 words). 27 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 135

Common words

alacritybearablybeautifyblatancybrassilybrazenlychambraychancerychastelychastitychattilyclammily
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About this list

Words
135 (65 common words)
Common example
alacrity
Rare example
yeastily
Doubled letters
27
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
L (87)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching __a____y are there?

135. 65 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ALACRITY is among the common words in this set.