9-Letter Words Matching __I__Y___

There are 18 9-letter words that match __I__Y___. 5 are common words, such as SHIMMYING and SHINNYING. A rarer one is WHIRRYING. In this set, H is the most frequent open letter (14 words). 6 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 18

shimmyingshinnyingskivvyingtriptychswhinnyingbrickyardepiphysesepiphysisepiphytalepiphytesepiphyticchivvyingepistylesstithyingthirtyishtriglyphstriptycaswhirrying

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Words
18 (5 common words)
Common example
shimmying
Rare example
whirrying
Doubled letters
6
Ending in S
7
Most frequent letter
H (14)

Questions

How many 9-letter words matching __i__y___ are there?

18. 5 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

SHIMMYING is among the common words in this set.