8-Letter Words Matching ___A__O_

There are 127 8-letter words that match ___A__O_. 45 are common words, such as ABLATION and ABRASION. A rarer one is ZAPATEOS. In this set, T is the most frequent open letter (88 words). 25 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 127

Common words

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Words
127 (45 common words)
Common example
ablation
Rare example
zapateos
Doubled letters
25
Ending in S
20
Most frequent letter
T (88)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ___a__o_ are there?

127. 45 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ABLATION is among the common words in this set.