5-Letter Words Matching _A_V_

There are 20 5-letter words that match _A_V_. 11 are common words, such as CALVE and CARVE. A rarer one is PARVO. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (13 words). 2 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 20

calvecarvehalvelarvamauvenaivesalvesalvosavvyvalvewaivefauvenaevinavvyparvevarvehalvalaevomarvyparvo

About this list

Words
20 (11 common words)
Common example
calve
Rare example
parvo
Doubled letters
2
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
E (13)

Questions

How many 5-letter words matching _a_v_ are there?

20. 11 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

CALVE is among the common words in this set.