9-Letter Words Matching ___Y___L_

There are 14 9-letter words that match ___Y___L_. 6 are common words, such as BUOYANTLY and ENVYINGLY. A rarer one is VARYINGLY. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (11 words). 2 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 14

buoyantlyenvyinglyplaybillsplayfullyplaygirlsponytailscloyinglypityinglystaysailsdenyinglygraymailslaryngalsplayfieldvaryingly

About this list

Words
14 (6 common words)
Common example
buoyantly
Rare example
varyingly
Doubled letters
2
Ending in S
6
Most frequent letter
I (11)

Questions

How many 9-letter words matching ___y___l_ are there?

14. 6 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

BUOYANTLY is among the common words in this set.