6-Letter Words Matching __FA__

There are 22 6-letter words that match __FA__. 11 are common words, such as AFFAIR and BEFALL. A rarer one is SOFARS. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (11 words). 6 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 22

affairbefalldefacedefameeffaceinfamyinfantoffalsrefacesafariunfaircafardenfaceinfarealfakibifacedefangdefatsinfallrefallsifakasofars

About this list

Words
22 (11 common words)
Common example
affair
Rare example
sofars
Doubled letters
6
Ending in S
3
Most frequent letter
E (11)

Questions

How many 6-letter words matching __fa__ are there?

22. 11 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

AFFAIR is among the common words in this set.