8-Letter Words Matching __S_Y___

There are 18 8-letter words that match __S_Y___. 11 are common words, such as ASSAYERS and ASSAYING. A rarer one is RESAYING. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (12 words). 9 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 18

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About this list

Words
18 (11 common words)
Common example
assayers
Rare example
resaying
Doubled letters
9
Ending in S
4
Most frequent letter
I (12)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching __s_y___ are there?

18. 11 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ASSAYERS is among the common words in this set.