8-Letter Words Matching ____E__C

There are 98 8-letter words that match ____E__C. 31 are common words, such as ACADEMIC and ANOREXIC. A rarer one is ZOOGENIC. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (97 words). 2 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 98

Common words

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Words
98 (31 common words)
Common example
academic
Rare example
zoogenic
Doubled letters
2
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
I (97)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ____e__c are there?

98. 31 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ACADEMIC is among the common words in this set.