12-Letter Words Matching ________MA__

There are 17 12-letter words that match ________MA__. 3 are common words, such as ILLEGITIMACY and ILLEGITIMATE. A rarer one is SEXAGESIMALS. In this set, T is the most frequent open letter (15 words). 2 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 17

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Words
17 (3 common words)
Common example
illegitimacy
Rare example
sexagesimals
Doubled letters
2
Ending in S
3
Most frequent letter
T (15)

Questions

How many 12-letter words matching ________ma__ are there?

17. 3 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ILLEGITIMACY is among the common words in this set.