8-Letter Words Matching ____W_A_

There are 17 8-letter words that match ____W_A_. 5 are common words, such as FOOTWEAR and FORSWEAR. A rarer one is TOWNWEAR. In this set, R is the most frequent open letter (15 words). 1 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 17

footwearforswearknitwearmenswearsomewhatneckwearswimwearantiwearbackwrapcatawbasoutswearoverweakoverwearplaywearrainwearstrawhattownwear

About this list

Words
17 (5 common words)
Common example
footwear
Rare example
townwear
Doubled letters
1
Ending in S
1
Most frequent letter
R (15)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ____w_a_ are there?

17. 5 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

FOOTWEAR is among the common words in this set.