8-Letter Words Matching __P_Y___

There are 20 8-letter words that match __P_Y___. 7 are common words, such as APPLYING and ASPHYXIA. A rarer one is UNPAYING. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (17 words). 6 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 20

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Words
20 (7 common words)
Common example
applying
Rare example
unpaying
Doubled letters
6
Ending in S
3
Most frequent letter
I (17)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching __p_y___ are there?

20. 7 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

APPLYING is among the common words in this set.