8-Letter Words Matching ___S__M_

There are 21 8-letter words that match ___S__M_. 6 are common words, such as BLOSSOMS and BLOSSOMY. A rarer one is PRESTAMP. In this set, S is the most frequent open letter (14 words). 11 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 21

blossomsblossomybossismsconsommefrustumsopossumsalyssumsblastemadiastemaglossemereassumeberseemsblastomabossdomscaesiumscoassumediastemsepistomeoutshameoutswimsprestamp

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Words
21 (6 common words)
Common example
blossoms
Rare example
prestamp
Doubled letters
11
Ending in S
10
Most frequent letter
S (14)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ___s__m_ are there?

21. 6 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

BLOSSOMS is among the common words in this set.