8-Letter Words Matching ____A_N_

There are 69 8-letter words that match ____A_N_. 34 are common words, such as ABSTAINS and ACQUAINT. A rarer one is VITRAINS. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (52 words). 11 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 69

Common words

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Words
69 (34 common words)
Common example
abstains
Rare example
vitrains
Doubled letters
11
Ending in S
38
Most frequent letter
I (52)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ____a_n_ are there?

69. 34 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ABSTAINS is among the common words in this set.