8-Letter Words Starting With SCI

There are 20 8-letter words that start with SCI. 4 are common words, such as SCIATICA and SCIENCES. A rarer one is SCIURIDS. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (14 words). 6 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 20

sciaticasciencesscimitarscissorsscilicetscincoidsciolismsciolistsciroccoscirrhusscissilescissionscissuresciurinesciuroidsciaenidsciaticsscimetarscimitersciurids

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Words
20 (4 common words)
Common example
sciatica
Rare example
sciurids
Doubled letters
6
Ending in S
5
Most frequent letter
I (14)

Questions

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

20. 4 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

SCIATICA is among the common words in this set.