6-Letter Words Matching H_E___

There are 18 6-letter words that match H_E___. 6 are common words, such as HEEDED and HEEHAW. A rarer one is HYENIC. In this set, A is the most frequent open letter (9 words). 7 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 18

heededheehawheeledhieinghoeinghyenashaeresheelerhiemalhyetalhaeinghaemalhaemichaeminheederheezedheezeshyenic

About this list

Words
18 (6 common words)
Common example
heeded
Rare example
hyenic
Doubled letters
7
Ending in S
3
Most frequent letter
A (9)

Questions

How many 6-letter words matching h_e___ are there?

18. 6 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

HEEDED is among the common words in this set.