9-Letter Words Matching ____L___Y

There are 53 9-letter words that match ____L___Y. 23 are common words, such as ANCILLARY and ARTILLERY. A rarer one is VIRULENCY. In this set, A is the most frequent open letter (42 words). 15 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 53

Common words

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Words
53 (23 common words)
Common example
ancillary
Rare example
virulency
Doubled letters
15
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
A (42)

Questions

How many 9-letter words matching ____l___y are there?

53. 23 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ANCILLARY is among the common words in this set.