8-Letter Words Matching _Y_____N

There are 17 8-letter words that match _Y_____N. 5 are common words, such as CYCLAMEN and GYRATION. A rarer one is SYRPHIAN. In this set, A is the most frequent open letter (13 words). 0 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 17

cyclamengyrationhydrogenlynchpinmyrmidoncyanogendynatronnympheannystatingypseianhyalogenhyoideanhypogeanhypopyonmycelianpygmaeansyrphian

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Words
17 (5 common words)
Common example
cyclamen
Rare example
syrphian
Doubled letters
0
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
A (13)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching _y_____n are there?

17. 5 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

CYCLAMEN is among the common words in this set.