7-Letter Words Matching ___ZA__

There are 17 7-letter words that match ___ZA__. 7 are common words, such as BANZAIS and BUZZARD. A rarer one is WEAZAND. 8 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 17

banzaisbuzzardgizzardhuzzaedhuzzahspizzazzzigzagscruzadomazzardbezzantchazanshamzahshazzansmatzahsquezalstarzansweazand

About this list

Words
17 (7 common words)
Common example
banzais
Rare example
weazand
Doubled letters
8
Ending in S
9

Questions

How many 7-letter words matching ___za__ are there?

17. 7 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

BANZAIS is among the common words in this set.