10-Letter Words Matching ___D_D____

There are 12 10-letter words that match ___D_D____. 7 are common words, such as CANDIDATES and CANDIDNESS. A rarer one is SKEDADDLER. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (11 words). 8 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 12

candidatescandidnesshandednessmindednessskedaddledskedaddlessordidnessepididymisepididymalhoodednessoutdodgingskedaddler

About this list

Words
12 (7 common words)
Common example
candidates
Rare example
skedaddler
Doubled letters
8
Ending in S
8
Most frequent letter
E (11)

Questions

How many 10-letter words matching ___d_d____ are there?

12. 7 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

CANDIDATES is among the common words in this set.