4-Letter Words Matching _H_T

There are 17 4-letter words that match _H_T. 12 are common words, such as CHAT and CHIT. A rarer one is PHUT. In this set, A is the most frequent open letter (7 words). 0 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 17

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About this list

Words
17 (12 common words)
Common example
chat
Rare example
phut
Doubled letters
0
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
A (7)

Questions

How many 4-letter words matching _h_t are there?

17. 12 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

CHAT is among the common words in this set.