8-Letter Words Matching E_____C_

There are 28 8-letter words that match E_____C_. 15 are common words, such as EFFICACY and ELASTICS. A rarer one is ERRATICS. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (19 words). 3 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 28

Common words

efficacyelasticseleganceelegiacseminenceencroachendemicsensconceentranceentrencheugenicsevidence
efficacyelasticseleganceelegiacseminenceencroachendemicsensconceentranceentrencheugenicsevidenceexigenceexigencyeyepieceearpieceearreacheldritchelegancyethnarchevanesceecbolicsekisticseminencyempiricsensigncyeristicserratics

About this list

Words
28 (15 common words)
Common example
efficacy
Rare example
erratics
Doubled letters
3
Ending in S
9
Most frequent letter
I (19)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching e_____c_ are there?

28. 15 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

EFFICACY is among the common words in this set.