8-Letter Words Matching ___F_O__

There are 40 8-letter words that match ___F_O__. 17 are common words, such as AIRFLOWS and BUFFOONS. A rarer one is SERFHOOD. In this set, S is the most frequent open letter (32 words). 20 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 40

Common words

airflowsbuffoonschiffonsconfrontfiefdomsgriffonshalftonehotfootsnonfoodsoutflowsrooftopssaffrons
airflowsbuffoonschiffonsconfrontfiefdomsgriffonshalftonehotfootsnonfoodsoutflowsrooftopssaffronsscaffoldseafloorseafoodsseafrontserfdomsbeefwooddisfrockmouflonsmudflowsselfhoodshofrothsubfloorsurfboattomfoolsbigfootsbowfrontchefdomscowflopsfeofforsfinfootsleafwormoutflownoutfoolsoutfootsoutfrownprefrozeselfdomsserfhood

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Words
40 (17 common words)
Common example
airflows
Rare example
serfhood
Doubled letters
20
Ending in S
23
Most frequent letter
S (32)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ___f_o__ are there?

40. 17 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

AIRFLOWS is among the common words in this set.