8-Letter Words Matching ____GI__

There are 200 8-letter words that match ____GI__. 98 are common words, such as ALLEGING and AVENGING. A rarer one is WHANGING. In this set, G is the most frequent open letter (126 words). 71 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 200

Common words

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Words
200 (98 common words)
Common example
alleging
Rare example
whanging
Doubled letters
71
Ending in S
29
Most frequent letter
G (126)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ____gi__ are there?

200. 98 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ALLEGING is among the common words in this set.