10-Letter Words Matching ___B____T_

There are 23 10-letter words that match ___B____T_. 9 are common words, such as COMBATANTS and CYMBALISTS. A rarer one is VERBALISTS. In this set, S is the most frequent open letter (19 words). 5 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 23

combatantscymbalistsglobalistsherbalistsplebisciteredbreastsshibbolethsunbonnetswarbonnetsbarbellatebombsightsflabellateinebriantskimberlitestablematesymboliststorbernitediabolistseyebrightsgutbucketstrebuchetstrebucketsverbalists

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Words
23 (9 common words)
Common example
combatants
Rare example
verbalists
Doubled letters
5
Ending in S
16
Most frequent letter
S (19)

Questions

How many 10-letter words matching ___b____t_ are there?

23. 9 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

COMBATANTS is among the common words in this set.