8-Letter Words Matching __H__V__

There are 12 8-letter words that match __H__V__. 7 are common words, such as ACHIEVED and ACHIEVER. A rarer one is UPHEAVES. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (11 words). 2 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 12

achievedachieverachievesbehalvesbehoovedbehoovesupheavalpahlavisunhalvedupheavedupheaverupheaves

About this list

Words
12 (7 common words)
Common example
achieved
Rare example
upheaves
Doubled letters
2
Ending in S
5
Most frequent letter
E (11)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching __h__v__ are there?

12. 7 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ACHIEVED is among the common words in this set.