9-Letter Words Matching __Y__A___

There are 14 9-letter words that match __Y__A___. 5 are common words, such as ABYSMALLY and FLYLEAVES. A rarer one is PAYGRADES. In this set, A is the most frequent open letter (12 words). 2 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 14

abysmallyflyleaveshaystackskeyboardsmayoraltyamygdalasamygdalinasyllabicsayonaraswayleavesamygdalaeamygdaleslayeragespaygrades

About this list

Words
14 (5 common words)
Common example
abysmally
Rare example
paygrades
Doubled letters
2
Ending in S
9
Most frequent letter
A (12)

Questions

How many 9-letter words matching __y__a___ are there?

14. 5 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ABYSMALLY is among the common words in this set.