8-Letter Words Matching ____F_S_

There are 72 8-letter words that match ____F_S_. 21 are common words, such as BLUEFISH and BLUFFEST. A rarer one is SURFFISH. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (59 words). 14 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 72

Common words

bluefishbluffestbriefestchiefestcrawfishcrayfishdwarfishdwarfismflatfishgoldfishgruffestlungfish
bluefishbluffestbriefestchiefestcrawfishcrayfishdwarfishdwarfismflatfishgoldfishgruffestlungfishmanifestpacifismpacifistsailfishsongfeststarfishstiffestunsafestweakfishbillfishblowfishboarfishbonefishcavefishchinfestcoalfishdealfishdrumfishfallfishfilefishfrogfishgoatfishhandfastholdfastjackfishkingfishlionfishlumpfishmakefastmilkfishmonkfishmoonfishnumbfishreinfuserockfishrosefishstedfaststiffishtalkfesttilefishtoadfishwolffishchuffestdraffishdwarfestfoolfishgrayfishgruffishheadfishladyfishlutefiskoverfastoverfishpipefishsandfishslugfestsniffishstudfishsuckfishsurffish

About this list

Words
72 (21 common words)
Common example
bluefish
Rare example
surffish
Doubled letters
14
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
I (59)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ____f_s_ are there?

72. 21 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

BLUEFISH is among the common words in this set.