8-Letter Words Matching ___NT___

There are 170 8-letter words that match ___NT___. 96 are common words, such as ACANTHUS and BLINTZES. A rarer one is VAUNTFUL. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (117 words). 8 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 170

Common words

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About this list

Words
170 (96 common words)
Common example
acanthus
Rare example
vauntful
Doubled letters
8
Ending in S
61
Most frequent letter
I (117)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ___nt___ are there?

170. 96 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ACANTHUS is among the common words in this set.