10-Letter Words Matching A_______M_

There are 27 10-letter words that match A_______M_. 8 are common words, such as ALGORITHMS and ALUMINIUMS. A rarer one is AUTOECISMS. In this set, S is the most frequent open letter (23 words). 2 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 27

Common words

algorithmsaluminiumsamericiumsanabolismsanarchismsanglewormsantiserumsarboretumsacademismsadenectomyamoralismsangiograms
algorithmsaluminiumsamericiumsanabolismsanarchismsanglewormsantiserumsarboretumsacademismsadenectomyamoralismsangiogramsanglicismsanimalismsanthuriumsarrowwormsathenaeumsatonalismsauxochromeabsurdismsaerenchymaaerogrammeairstreamsantiasthmaasphaltumsaudiogramsautoecisms

About this list

Words
27 (8 common words)
Common example
algorithms
Rare example
autoecisms
Doubled letters
2
Ending in S
22
Most frequent letter
S (23)

Questions

How many 10-letter words matching a_______m_ are there?

27. 8 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ALGORITHMS is among the common words in this set.