7-Letter Words Matching E_____M

There are 21 7-letter words that match E_____M. 8 are common words, such as EARDRUM and EARLDOM. A rarer one is EYEBEAM. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (11 words). 2 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 21

eardrumearldomegotismelitismenvenomepigramerratumexclaimechoismeelwormeluviumembosomearwormelytrumepidermetatismexodermexotismexuviumeyebeamerotism

About this list

Words
21 (8 common words)
Common example
eardrum
Rare example
eyebeam
Doubled letters
2
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
I (11)

Questions

How many 7-letter words matching e_____m are there?

21. 8 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

EARDRUM is among the common words in this set.