8-Letter Words Matching ____EM__

There are 96 8-letter words that match ____EM__. 35 are common words, such as ACADEMES and ACADEMIA. A rarer one is WHALEMEN. In this set, A is the most frequent open letter (55 words). 8 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 96

Common words

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Words
96 (35 common words)
Common example
academes
Rare example
whalemen
Doubled letters
8
Ending in S
13
Most frequent letter
A (55)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ____em__ are there?

96. 35 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ACADEMES is among the common words in this set.