7-Letter Words Starting With MEL

There are 17 7-letter words that start with MEL. 6 are common words, such as MELANGE and MELANIN. A rarer one is MELTONS. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (10 words). 2 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 17

melangemelaninmeldingmellowsmelodicmeltingmelamedmelanicmelilotmelismamelodiameloidsmeltagemeldersmellingmeltersmeltons

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Words
17 (6 common words)
Common example
melange
Rare example
meltons
Doubled letters
2
Ending in S
5
Most frequent letter
I (10)

Questions

How many 7-letter words starting with mel are there?

17. 6 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

MELANGE is among the common words in this set.