7-Letter Words Matching ___B__A

There are 17 7-letter words that match ___B__A. 2 are common words, such as LAMBADA and VERBENA. A rarer one is SAMBUCA. In this set, A is the most frequent open letter (11 words). 2 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 17

lambadaverbenafalbalafimbriaikebanarasboratambalatamburatombolaarabicacabbalacarboracorbinagerberakabbalapembinasambuca

About this list

Words
17 (2 common words)
Common example
lambada
Rare example
sambuca
Doubled letters
2
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
A (11)

Questions

How many 7-letter words matching ___b__a are there?

17. 2 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

LAMBADA is among the common words in this set.