8-Letter Words Matching ____A__G

There are 14 8-letter words that match ____A__G. 9 are common words, such as CONGAING and HENNAING. A rarer one is PHILABEG. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (10 words). 3 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 14

congainghennainghuzzaingpolkaingrumbaingsambaingsaunaingscalawagscubaingchugalughollainghydragogmystagogphilabeg

About this list

Words
14 (9 common words)
Common example
congaing
Rare example
philabeg
Doubled letters
3
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
I (10)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ____a__g are there?

14. 9 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

CONGAING is among the common words in this set.