8-Letter Words Matching ___A_O__

There are 216 8-letter words that match ___A_O__. 69 are common words, such as AERATORS and ALBACORE. A rarer one is ZACATONS. In this set, S is the most frequent open letter (119 words). 10 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 216

Common words

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Words
216 (69 common words)
Common example
aerators
Rare example
zacatons
Doubled letters
10
Ending in S
98
Most frequent letter
S (119)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ___a_o__ are there?

216. 69 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

AERATORS is among the common words in this set.