8-Letter Words Matching __L_Y___

There are 58 8-letter words that match __L_Y___. 26 are common words, such as ALLAYING and ALLEYWAY. A rarer one is WILLYWAW. In this set, A is the most frequent open letter (42 words). 39 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 58

Common words

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Words
58 (26 common words)
Common example
allaying
Rare example
willywaw
Doubled letters
39
Ending in S
9
Most frequent letter
A (42)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching __l_y___ are there?

58. 26 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ALLAYING is among the common words in this set.