5-Letter Words Matching B___A

There are 18 5-letter words that match B___A. 4 are common words, such as BALSA and BURKA. A rarer one is BUNYA. In this set, A is the most frequent open letter (7 words). 4 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 18

balsaburkaburqabursabaizabelgabettabiotaboylabubbabullabwanababkabaccaboheabravabrazabunya

About this list

Words
18 (4 common words)
Common example
balsa
Rare example
bunya
Doubled letters
4
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
A (7)

Questions

How many 5-letter words matching b___a are there?

18. 4 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

BALSA is among the common words in this set.