10-Letter Words Containing LEF

There are 17 10-letter words that contain LEF. 5 are common words, such as CUTTLEFISH and GENTLEFOLK. A rarer one is TILEFISHES. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (12 words). 9 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 17

cuttlefishgentlefolkmalefactormaleficentthimblefulbottlefulscandlefishguilefullyneedlefishpaddlefishwholefoodsdolefullerfilefishesmillefiorimillefleurpolyolefintilefishes

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Words
17 (5 common words)
Common example
cuttlefish
Rare example
tilefishes
Doubled letters
9
Ending in S
4
Most frequent letter
I (12)

Questions

How many 10-letter words containing lef are there?

17. 5 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

CUTTLEFISH is among the common words in this set.