5-Letter Words Matching A__S_

There are 22 5-letter words that match A__S_. 16 are common words, such as ABASE and ABASH. A rarer one is AVISO. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (8 words). 3 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 22

abaseabashabuseabyssamassamissamuseangstaniseantsyapisharisearoseartsyavastawashabysmadustagistagismalistaviso

About this list

Words
22 (16 common words)
Common example
abase
Rare example
aviso
Doubled letters
3
Ending in S
3
Most frequent letter
I (8)

Questions

How many 5-letter words matching a__s_ are there?

22. 16 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ABASE is among the common words in this set.