8-Letter Words Matching ___R__N_

There are 234 8-letter words that match ___R__N_. 140 are common words, such as ABERRANT and ABORNING. A rarer one is WHARFING. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (175 words). 49 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 234

Common words

aberrantaborningabortingaccruingadorningalarmingalertingamercingaverringavertingawardingbearding
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About this list

Words
234 (140 common words)
Common example
aberrant
Rare example
wharfing
Doubled letters
49
Ending in S
51
Most frequent letter
I (175)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ___r__n_ are there?

234. 140 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ABERRANT is among the common words in this set.