8-Letter Words Starting With MAI

There are 17 8-letter words that start with MAI. 12 are common words, such as MAIDENLY and MAILBAGS. A rarer one is MAILLESS. In this set, L is the most frequent open letter (11 words). 3 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 17

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About this list

Words
17 (12 common words)
Common example
maidenly
Rare example
mailless
Doubled letters
3
Ending in S
5
Most frequent letter
L (11)

Questions

How many 8-letter words starting with mai are there?

17. 12 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

MAIDENLY is among the common words in this set.