6-Letter Words Matching ___AV_

There are 14 6-letter words that match ___AV_. 6 are common words, such as BEHAVE and CLEAVE. A rarer one is ZOUAVE. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (10 words). 1 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 14

behavecleaveoctaveoctavorepavesheavegreaveottavasleavethravecasavaregaveschavszouave

About this list

Words
14 (6 common words)
Common example
behave
Rare example
zouave
Doubled letters
1
Ending in S
1
Most frequent letter
E (10)

Questions

How many 6-letter words matching ___av_ are there?

14. 6 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

BEHAVE is among the common words in this set.