12-Letter Words Matching ___L____H___

There are 12 12-letter words that match ___L____H___. 4 are common words, such as PHILOSOPHERS and PHILOSOPHIES. A rarer one is SHELLFISHERY. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (12 words). 3 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 12

philosophersphilosophiesphilosophizereplenishingchalcanthitephilosophismshellfishingbailiffshipsmyelopathiesphilosophisereplenishersshellfishery

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Words
12 (4 common words)
Common example
philosophers
Rare example
shellfishery
Doubled letters
3
Ending in S
5
Most frequent letter
I (12)

Questions

How many 12-letter words matching ___l____h___ are there?

12. 4 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

PHILOSOPHERS is among the common words in this set.