6-Letter Words Matching _Q_A__

There are 12 6-letter words that match _Q_A__. 10 are common words, such as EQUALS and EQUATE. A rarer one is SQUAME. In this set, U is the most frequent open letter (12 words). 1 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 12

equalsequatesquabssquadssquallsquaresquashsquatssquawksquawssquamasquame

About this list

Words
12 (10 common words)
Common example
equals
Rare example
squame
Doubled letters
1
Ending in S
5
Most frequent letter
U (12)

Questions

How many 6-letter words matching _q_a__ are there?

12. 10 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

EQUALS is among the common words in this set.