8-Letter Words Matching M_I_____

There are 24 8-letter words that match M_I_____. 16 are common words, such as MAIDENLY and MAILBAGS. A rarer one is MRIDANGA. In this set, A is the most frequent open letter (18 words). 3 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 24

maidenlymailbagsmailingsmaillotsmainlandmainlinemainmastmainsailmainstaymaintainmaintopsmaiolicamoietiesmoistensmoistestmoisturemaieuticmailablemailshotmaidhoodmaillessmoidoresmoistfulmridanga

About this list

Words
24 (16 common words)
Common example
maidenly
Rare example
mridanga
Doubled letters
3
Ending in S
8
Most frequent letter
A (18)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching m_i_____ are there?

24. 16 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

MAIDENLY is among the common words in this set.