8-Letter Words Matching ____SM__

There are 87 8-letter words that match ____SM__. 37 are common words, such as BAILSMAN and BAILSMEN. A rarer one is VERISMOS. In this set, N is the most frequent open letter (77 words). 10 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 87

Common words

bailsmanbailsmenbandsmanbandsmenbondsmanbondsmenchessmanchessmenclansmanclansmencorpsmancorpsmen
bailsmanbailsmenbandsmanbandsmenbondsmanbondsmenchessmanchessmenclansmanclansmencorpsmancorpsmenheadsmanheadsmenhelmsmanhelmsmenherdsmanherdsmenhuntsmanhuntsmenlandsmanlandsmenlinesmanlinesmenmarksmanmarksmenorgasmicpressmanpressmensalesmansalesmentalismantownsmantownsmentransmitwoodsmanwoodsmenbeadsmanbeadsmenbedesmanbluesmanboatsmanchiasmaschiasmuschrismalcragsmancragsmendalesmandalesmenfoilsmangamesmenglassmangownsmanleadsmanmarasmussidesmansidesmenswagsmantalesmantenesmusantismogantismutbedesmenbluesmenboatsmenchiasmalchiasmicchrismonendosmosfoilsmengamesmanglassmengownsmenleadsmenlinksmanlinksmenmarasmicmelismasraftsmanraftsmenreinsmanreinsmenseedsmanseedsmentalesmentenesmicverismos

About this list

Words
87 (37 common words)
Common example
bailsman
Rare example
verismos
Doubled letters
10
Ending in S
7
Most frequent letter
N (77)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ____sm__ are there?

87. 37 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

BAILSMAN is among the common words in this set.