8-Letter Words Matching _YG_____

There are 12 8-letter words that match _YG_____. 2 are common words, such as HYGIENES and HYGIENIC. A rarer one is ZYGOSITY. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (9 words). 0 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 12

hygieneshygienicpygidiumzygotenehygeistshygieistpygidialpygmaeanpygmyishpygmyismzygomatazygosity

About this list

Words
12 (2 common words)
Common example
hygienes
Rare example
zygosity
Doubled letters
0
Ending in S
2
Most frequent letter
I (9)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching _yg_____ are there?

12. 2 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

HYGIENES is among the common words in this set.