9-Letter Words Matching ___M__C__

There are 14 9-letter words that match ___M__C__. 6 are common words, such as COMMENCED and COMMENCES. A rarer one is OUTMUSCLE. In this set, O is the most frequent open letter (12 words). 6 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 14

commencedcommencescommercesflamencosshamrockswhimsicaladamancescromlechsgeomanceratamascoscommencercommerceddrammocksoutmuscle

About this list

Words
14 (6 common words)
Common example
commenced
Rare example
outmuscle
Doubled letters
6
Ending in S
8
Most frequent letter
O (12)

Questions

How many 9-letter words matching ___m__c__ are there?

14. 6 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

COMMENCED is among the common words in this set.