5-Letter Words Matching __A_O

There are 14 5-letter words that match __A_O. 5 are common words, such as BRAVO and GUANO. A rarer one is WHAMO. In this set, N is the most frequent open letter (5 words). 1 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 14

bravoguanoimagollanopianobeanoclarodiazoguacoshakoalamocyanospadowhamo

About this list

Words
14 (5 common words)
Common example
bravo
Rare example
whamo
Doubled letters
1
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
N (5)

Questions

How many 5-letter words matching __a_o are there?

14. 5 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

BRAVO is among the common words in this set.