8-Letter Words Matching __Y___S_

There are 13 8-letter words that match __Y___S_. 6 are common words, such as LOYALEST and LOYALISM. A rarer one is THYMIEST. In this set, A is the most frequent open letter (10 words). 4 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 13

loyalestloyalismloyalistmayoressroyalistspyglassidyllistpsychismptyalismboyarismraygrassroyalismthymiest

About this list

Words
13 (6 common words)
Common example
loyalest
Rare example
thymiest
Doubled letters
4
Ending in S
3
Most frequent letter
A (10)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching __y___s_ are there?

13. 6 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

LOYALEST is among the common words in this set.