8-Letter Words Matching ____MA__

There are 115 8-letter words that match ____MA__. 47 are common words, such as AUTOMATA and AUTOMATE. A rarer one is ZYGOMATA. In this set, T is the most frequent open letter (72 words). 17 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 115

Common words

automataautomatebathmatsbookmarkcalamaricellmateclaimantdecimalsdecimatedoormatsestimateforemast
automataautomatebathmatsbookmarkcalamaricellmateclaimantdecimalsdecimatedoormatsestimateforemastgourmandgrammarshallmarkhandmadehandmaidhelpmatehomemadeinhumaneintimacyintimatelandmarklandmassmainmastmessmatemiasmatamilkmaidmishmashottomansoutsmartpharmacyplaymatepockmarkpolymathpostmarkroommaterosemaryseatmateshipmatesoulmatestigmatateammatethermalstraumataultimataultimateautomatsbeermatsbondmaidbregmatabunkmatecasematecelomatachromatecostmarycrewmateendamageenigmataflatmatefootmarkhanumansjacamarsmortmainschematasitemapssitzmarkspermarystemmatatelemarktidemarkultimacyworkmateyashmaksalmemarsantimaleantimaskbregmatecalamarscalamaryceramalscocomatscoinmatecopematefinnmarkgliomatagraymaillipomatalogomachmahimahimaximalsminimalsmyxomatanizamatenonimageoedemataovermansovermanypajamaedpatamarspearmainpullmansracemateredamageredemandsemimattshammashsquamatestramashstromatatokamakstokomaksyashmacsyokematezygomata

About this list

Words
115 (47 common words)
Common example
automata
Rare example
zygomata
Doubled letters
17
Ending in S
25
Most frequent letter
T (72)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ____ma__ are there?

115. 47 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

AUTOMATA is among the common words in this set.