8-Letter Words Matching __I___M_

There are 22 8-letter words that match __I___M_. 7 are common words, such as ANIMISMS and ELITISMS. A rarer one is WAILSOME. In this set, S is the most frequent open letter (19 words). 5 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 22

animismselitismsepigramsiridiumstoilsometritiumsuniformstrichometrigramstrilemmachillumsepidermsepistomeheirdomslaicismsshittimsstibiumsstickumstaillamptriduumstrinkumswailsome

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Words
22 (7 common words)
Common example
animisms
Rare example
wailsome
Doubled letters
5
Ending in S
16
Most frequent letter
S (19)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching __i___m_ are there?

22. 7 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ANIMISMS is among the common words in this set.