8-Letter Words Matching __E__F__

There are 16 8-letter words that match __E__F__. 7 are common words, such as CHEERFUL and CHESTFUL. A rarer one is SNEERFUL. In this set, L is the most frequent open letter (11 words). 8 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 16

cheerfulchestfuldreadfuleventfulsheriffsspecificthereforgreenflywreckfulcheekfuldreamfulpresiftssheenfulsheetfedshelffulsneerful

About this list

Words
16 (7 common words)
Common example
cheerful
Rare example
sneerful
Doubled letters
8
Ending in S
2
Most frequent letter
L (11)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching __e__f__ are there?

16. 7 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

CHEERFUL is among the common words in this set.