8-Letter Words Matching ____H_E_

There are 125 8-letter words that match ____H_E_. 65 are common words, such as ALIGHTED and APATHIES. A rarer one is WRATHIER. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (83 words). 18 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 125

Common words

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About this list

Words
125 (65 common words)
Common example
alighted
Rare example
wrathier
Doubled letters
18
Ending in S
24
Most frequent letter
I (83)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ____h_e_ are there?

125. 65 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ALIGHTED is among the common words in this set.