7-Letter Words Matching H_____L

There are 21 7-letter words that match H_____L. 11 are common words, such as HANDFUL and HARMFUL. A rarer one is HYOIDAL. In this set, A is the most frequent open letter (16 words). 2 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 21

handfulharmfulhatefulheedfulhelicalhelpfulhernialhobnailhopefulhumeralhurtfulhandselhatchelholdallhumoralhymenalhatsfulhaverelhematalhushfulhyoidal

About this list

Words
21 (11 common words)
Common example
handful
Rare example
hyoidal
Doubled letters
2
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
A (16)

Questions

How many 7-letter words matching h_____l are there?

21. 11 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

HANDFUL is among the common words in this set.