10-Letter Words Matching _A_____A__

There are 159 10-letter words that match _A_____A__. 65 are common words, such as BACCHANALS and BACKPEDALS. A rarer one is XANTHOMATA. In this set, R is the most frequent open letter (105 words). 39 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 159

Common words

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About this list

Words
159 (65 common words)
Common example
bacchanals
Rare example
xanthomata
Doubled letters
39
Ending in S
50
Most frequent letter
R (105)

Questions

How many 10-letter words matching _a_____a__ are there?

159. 65 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

BACCHANALS is among the common words in this set.