8-Letter Words Matching ____H_L_

There are 99 8-letter words that match ____H_L_. 42 are common words, such as ALCOHOLS and BITCHILY. A rarer one is ZOOPHILY. In this set, O is the most frequent open letter (54 words). 33 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 99

Common words

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Words
99 (42 common words)
Common example
alcohols
Rare example
zoophily
Doubled letters
33
Ending in S
14
Most frequent letter
O (54)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ____h_l_ are there?

99. 42 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ALCOHOLS is among the common words in this set.