8-Letter Words Matching ___A_D__

There are 77 8-letter words that match ___A_D__. 30 are common words, such as COLANDER and COWARDLY. A rarer one is ZENAIDAS. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (55 words). 8 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 77

Common words

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Words
77 (30 common words)
Common example
colander
Rare example
zenaidas
Doubled letters
8
Ending in S
8
Most frequent letter
E (55)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ___a_d__ are there?

77. 30 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

COLANDER is among the common words in this set.