8-Letter Words Containing IEF

There are 12 8-letter words that contain IEF. 9 are common words, such as BRIEFEST and BRIEFING. A rarer one is SUBCHIEF. In this set, S is the most frequent open letter (8 words). 0 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 12

briefestbriefingchiefdomchiefestdebriefsfiefdomskerchiefmischiefunbeliefbrieferspiefortssubchief

About this list

Words
12 (9 common words)
Common example
briefest
Rare example
subchief
Doubled letters
0
Ending in S
4
Most frequent letter
S (8)

Questions

How many 8-letter words containing ief are there?

12. 9 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

BRIEFEST is among the common words in this set.