8-Letter Words Matching __L____Y

There are 129 8-letter words that match __L____Y. 58 are common words, such as ALLEGORY and ALLEYWAY. A rarer one is YELLOWLY. In this set, L is the most frequent open letter (67 words). 36 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 129

Common words

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Words
129 (58 common words)
Common example
allegory
Rare example
yellowly
Doubled letters
36
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
L (67)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching __l____y are there?

129. 58 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ALLEGORY is among the common words in this set.