8-Letter Words Containing PET

There are 51 8-letter words that contain PET. 22 are common words, such as APPETITE and CARPETED. A rarer one is TURPETHS. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (25 words). 18 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 51

Common words

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Words
51 (22 common words)
Common example
appetite
Rare example
turpeths
Doubled letters
18
Ending in S
16
Most frequent letter
I (25)

Questions

How many 8-letter words containing pet are there?

51. 22 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

APPETITE is among the common words in this set.