9-Letter Words Matching N_____H__

There are 12 9-letter words that match N_____H__. 5 are common words, such as NEOLITHIC and NEPENTHES. A rarer one is NOURISHER. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (10 words). 1 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 12

neolithicnepenthesnonlethalnourishednourishesnaumachianonkoshernowhithernebbishesnonauthornonsuchesnourisher

About this list

Words
12 (5 common words)
Common example
neolithic
Rare example
nourisher
Doubled letters
1
Ending in S
4
Most frequent letter
E (10)

Questions

How many 9-letter words matching n_____h__ are there?

12. 5 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

NEOLITHIC is among the common words in this set.