8-Letter Words Matching ____A_S_

There are 25 8-letter words that match ____A_S_. 10 are common words, such as ANAPAEST and APPLAUSE. A rarer one is ULTRAIST. In this set, R is the most frequent open letter (16 words). 8 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 25

Common words

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anapaestapplauseappraisearchaismarchaistcollapsecrevassemadrassaprolapserehearsediapauseprosaismsargassoultraismvoltaismzaibatsuarchaisedeclassekolbassimisparsemisraiseoutraiseprosaistsubcauseultraist

About this list

Words
25 (10 common words)
Common example
anapaest
Rare example
ultraist
Doubled letters
8
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
R (16)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ____a_s_ are there?

25. 10 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ANAPAEST is among the common words in this set.