7-Letter Words Matching _H____M

There are 17 7-letter words that match _H____M. 6 are common words, such as PHANTOM and RHENIUM. A rarer one is SHITTIM. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (10 words). 3 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 17

phantomrheniumrhodiumtheoremthoriumthuliumchemismchetrumchrisomphellemwholismcharismchefdomchillumrhabdomshahdomshittim

About this list

Words
17 (6 common words)
Common example
phantom
Rare example
shittim
Doubled letters
3
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
I (10)

Questions

How many 7-letter words matching _h____m are there?

17. 6 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

PHANTOM is among the common words in this set.