9-Letter Words Matching _H______H

There are 14 9-letter words that match _H______H. 8 are common words, such as CHAFFINCH and SHELLFISH. A rarer one is THORNBUSH. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (11 words). 3 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 14

chaffinchshellfishshillalahtherewiththirtiethwherewithwhitefishwhitewashchiliarchsheatfishshophrothshtetlachthirtyishthornbush

About this list

Words
14 (8 common words)
Common example
chaffinch
Rare example
thornbush
Doubled letters
3
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
I (11)

Questions

How many 9-letter words matching _h______h are there?

14. 8 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

CHAFFINCH is among the common words in this set.