8-Letter Words Matching ____M_T_

There are 90 8-letter words that match ____M_T_. 40 are common words, such as ATTEMPTS and AUTOMATA. A rarer one is ZYGOMATA. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (68 words). 15 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 90

Common words

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About this list

Words
90 (40 common words)
Common example
attempts
Rare example
zygomata
Doubled letters
15
Ending in S
18
Most frequent letter
E (68)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ____m_t_ are there?

90. 40 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ATTEMPTS is among the common words in this set.