8-Letter Words Matching ____V___

There are 204 8-letter words that match ____V___. 91 are common words, such as AARDVARK and ACTIVATE. A rarer one is VOTIVELY. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (144 words). 24 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 204

Common words

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Words
204 (91 common words)
Common example
aardvark
Rare example
votively
Doubled letters
24
Ending in S
66
Most frequent letter
I (144)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ____v___ are there?

204. 91 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

AARDVARK is among the common words in this set.