8-Letter Words Matching __F____Y

There are 17 8-letter words that match __F____Y. 9 are common words, such as AFFINITY and EFFETELY. A rarer one is UNFLASHY. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (14 words). 5 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 17

affinityeffetelyefficacyinfantryinfinitylifebuoyoafishlyrefineryunfairlyinfirmlyoffishlyreflexlyaffinelybifidityelfishlygiftedlyunflashy

About this list

Words
17 (9 common words)
Common example
affinity
Rare example
unflashy
Doubled letters
5
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
I (14)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching __f____y are there?

17. 9 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

AFFINITY is among the common words in this set.