8-Letter Words Matching ___R_Z__

There are 16 8-letter words that match ___R_Z__. 6 are common words, such as APPRIZED and APPRIZES. A rarer one is UNPRIZED. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (14 words). 4 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 16

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About this list

Words
16 (6 common words)
Common example
apprized
Rare example
unprized
Doubled letters
4
Ending in S
6
Most frequent letter
E (14)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ___r_z__ are there?

16. 6 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

APPRIZED is among the common words in this set.