8-Letter Words Matching ___EF___

There are 60 8-letter words that match ___EF___. 21 are common words, such as ARTEFACT and BAREFOOT. A rarer one is WAMEFULS. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (38 words). 7 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 60

Common words

artefactbarefootbeneficebenefitsbluefishbriefestbriefingcarefreechiefdomchiefestforefeetforefoot
artefactbarefootbeneficebenefitsbluefishbriefestbriefingcarefreechiefdomchiefestforefeetforefoothopefulslinefeedpalefacerarefiedrarefiesredefinesurefiretypefacewaveformbalefirebonefishcavefishfilefishfivefoldfreeformgatefoldmakefastninefoldpipefulspraefectrosefishtelefilmtilefishantefixabluefinsbrieferscagefulscasefiedcasefiesfirefangforefaceforefeelforefeltforefendlobefinslutefiskpipefishrarefierredefeatredefectredefiedredefiestepefiedtepefiestumefiedtumefieswamefouswamefuls

About this list

Words
60 (21 common words)
Common example
artefact
Rare example
wamefuls
Doubled letters
7
Ending in S
14
Most frequent letter
I (38)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ___ef___ are there?

60. 21 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ARTEFACT is among the common words in this set.