5-Letter Words Matching N___E

There are 21 5-letter words that match N___E. 13 are common words, such as NACRE and NAIVE. A rarer one is NUDIE. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (9 words). 3 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 21

nacrenaivenervenicheniecenitrenoblenoisenoncenoosenovaenudgenursenancenappeneumengweenewienievenixienudie

About this list

Words
21 (13 common words)
Common example
nacre
Rare example
nudie
Doubled letters
3
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
I (9)

Questions

How many 5-letter words matching n___e are there?

21. 13 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

NACRE is among the common words in this set.