8-Letter Words Matching __A____M

There are 42 8-letter words that match __A____M. 12 are common words, such as DWARFISM and FLATWORM. A rarer one is SPANWORM. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (23 words). 9 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 42

Common words

dwarfismflatwormfranciumheadroomphantasmplatformplatinumplayroomreaffirmscandiumthalliumtoadyism
dwarfismflatwormfranciumheadroomphantasmplatformplatinumplayroomreaffirmscandiumthalliumtoadyismalarmismbrachiumchatroomclamwormclassismcoagulumcoatroomdiazepamgiantismgradatimguaiacummealwormphallismthanedomviaticumblackgumchadarimchazanimexanthemgranddamguaiocumisarithmkhazenimleafwormoxazepamplanformplastrumquackismshamosimspanworm

About this list

Words
42 (12 common words)
Common example
dwarfism
Rare example
spanworm
Doubled letters
9
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
I (23)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching __a____m are there?

42. 12 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

DWARFISM is among the common words in this set.