6-Letter Words Matching E_P___

There are 20 6-letter words that match E_P___. 14 are common words, such as EMPIRE and EMPLOY. A rarer one is EUPNEA. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (12 words). 0 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 20

empireemployespiedespiesespritexpandexpectexpelsexpendexpertexpireexpiryexportexposeempaleemperyemptorespialexpatseupnea

About this list

Words
20 (14 common words)
Common example
empire
Rare example
eupnea
Doubled letters
0
Ending in S
3
Most frequent letter
E (12)

Questions

How many 6-letter words matching e_p___ are there?

20. 14 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

EMPIRE is among the common words in this set.