9-Letter Words Matching ____Y___S

There are 111 9-letter words that match ____Y___S. 42 are common words, such as ALLEYWAYS and AMARYLLIS. A rarer one is WILLYWAWS. In this set, A is the most frequent open letter (67 words). 46 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 111

Common words

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About this list

Words
111 (42 common words)
Common example
alleyways
Rare example
willywaws
Doubled letters
46
Ending in S
111
Most frequent letter
A (67)

Questions

How many 9-letter words matching ____y___s are there?

111. 42 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ALLEYWAYS is among the common words in this set.