8-Letter Words Matching _H_L____

There are 100 8-letter words that match _H_L____. 28 are common words, such as CHALICES and CHALKIER. A rarer one is WHOLISMS. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (64 words). 34 words contain a doubled letter.

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Common words

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Words
100 (28 common words)
Common example
chalices
Rare example
wholisms
Doubled letters
34
Ending in S
40
Most frequent letter
I (64)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching _h_l____ are there?

100. 28 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

CHALICES is among the common words in this set.