8-Letter Words Matching ____G_M_

There are 16 8-letter words that match ____G_M_. 5 are common words, such as AMALGAMS and BALLGAME. A rarer one is TRANGAMS. In this set, A is the most frequent open letter (14 words). 2 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 16

amalgamsballgamemisogamymonogamypolygamyallogamyautogamyendogamyhomogamykirigamixenogamybluegumshologamypostgameslumgumstrangams

About this list

Words
16 (5 common words)
Common example
amalgams
Rare example
trangams
Doubled letters
2
Ending in S
4
Most frequent letter
A (14)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ____g_m_ are there?

16. 5 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

AMALGAMS is among the common words in this set.