8-Letter Words Matching D____Y__

There are 12 8-letter words that match D____Y__. 5 are common words, such as DEFRAYAL and DEFRAYED. A rarer one is DUVETYNS. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (10 words). 0 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 12

defrayaldefrayeddeployeddisloyaldismayeddatatypediastyledeadeyesdefrayerdicotylsduvetyneduvetyns

About this list

Words
12 (5 common words)
Common example
defrayal
Rare example
duvetyns
Doubled letters
0
Ending in S
3
Most frequent letter
E (10)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching d____y__ are there?

12. 5 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

DEFRAYAL is among the common words in this set.