4-Letter Words Matching B_T_

There are 18 4-letter words that match B_T_. 11 are common words, such as BATE and BATH. A rarer one is BUTE. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (7 words). 4 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 18

batebathbatsbetabetsbitebitsbothbutsbytebattbethbittbotsbottbotabutebutt

About this list

Words
18 (11 common words)
Common example
bate
Rare example
bute
Doubled letters
4
Ending in S
5
Most frequent letter
E (7)

Questions

How many 4-letter words matching b_t_ are there?

18. 11 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

BATE is among the common words in this set.