8-Letter Words Matching N___F___

There are 12 8-letter words that match N___F___. 3 are common words, such as NOTIFIED and NOTIFIER. A rarer one is NIDIFIES. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (11 words). 1 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 12

notifiednotifiernotifiesnapiformninefoldnumbfishnailfoldnazifiednazifiesneedfulsnidifiednidifies

About this list

Words
12 (3 common words)
Common example
notified
Rare example
nidifies
Doubled letters
1
Ending in S
4
Most frequent letter
I (11)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching n___f___ are there?

12. 3 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

NOTIFIED is among the common words in this set.