8-Letter Words Matching _S_____Y

There are 14 8-letter words that match _S_____Y. 5 are common words, such as ASPERITY and ASSEMBLY. A rarer one is ISSUABLY. In this set, A is the most frequent open letter (9 words). 4 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 14

asperityassemblyastutelypsalteryusefullyastrallyesterifyisocracyisometryisostasyisotropypsalmodyisosporyissuably

About this list

Words
14 (5 common words)
Common example
asperity
Rare example
issuably
Doubled letters
4
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
A (9)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching _s_____y are there?

14. 5 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ASPERITY is among the common words in this set.