7-Letter Words Matching _N_F___

There are 18 7-letter words that match _N_F___. 13 are common words, such as KNIFING and SNAFFLE. A rarer one is UNIFACE. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (15 words). 8 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 18

knifingsnafflesniffedsniffersnifflesniftersnuffedsnuffersnufflesnufflyunifiedunifiesuniformunifierknifersonefoldsnafueduniface

About this list

Words
18 (13 common words)
Common example
knifing
Rare example
uniface
Doubled letters
8
Ending in S
2
Most frequent letter
E (15)

Questions

How many 7-letter words matching _n_f___ are there?

18. 13 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

KNIFING is among the common words in this set.