8-Letter Words Matching __H___S_

There are 16 8-letter words that match __H___S_. 5 are common words, such as APHORISM and JIHADIST. A rarer one is YAHOOISM. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (12 words). 5 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 16

aphorismjihadistnihilismnihilistrehearseachinessaphoristethicistaphoriseashinessathanasyecholessetherishoghamistschmooseyahooism

About this list

Words
16 (5 common words)
Common example
aphorism
Rare example
yahooism
Doubled letters
5
Ending in S
3
Most frequent letter
I (12)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching __h___s_ are there?

16. 5 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

APHORISM is among the common words in this set.