7-Letter Words Matching _T__B__

There are 12 7-letter words that match _T__B__. 7 are common words, such as STABBED and STABBER. A rarer one is STROBIL. In this set, S is the most frequent open letter (11 words). 7 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 12

stabbedstabberstrobesstubbedstubblestubblystumbleattaboystewbumstobbedstrobicstrobil

About this list

Words
12 (7 common words)
Common example
stabbed
Rare example
strobil
Doubled letters
7
Ending in S
1
Most frequent letter
S (11)

Questions

How many 7-letter words matching _t__b__ are there?

12. 7 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

STABBED is among the common words in this set.