8-Letter Words Matching ___F_S__

There are 14 8-letter words that match ___F_S__. 8 are common words, such as CONFUSED and CONFUSES. A rarer one is OUTFASTS. In this set, U is the most frequent open letter (13 words). 7 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 14

confusedconfusesdiffuseddiffusesgabfestsprofusersuffusedsuffusesdiffuserperfusedperfusesdiffusordoofusesoutfasts

About this list

Words
14 (8 common words)
Common example
confused
Rare example
outfasts
Doubled letters
7
Ending in S
7
Most frequent letter
U (13)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ___f_s__ are there?

14. 8 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

CONFUSED is among the common words in this set.