8-Letter Words Matching ___A___N

There are 125 8-letter words that match ___A___N. 43 are common words, such as ABLATION and ABRASION. A rarer one is WREATHEN. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (87 words). 16 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 125

Common words

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About this list

Words
125 (43 common words)
Common example
ablation
Rare example
wreathen
Doubled letters
16
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
I (87)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ___a___n are there?

125. 43 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ABLATION is among the common words in this set.