8-Letter Words Matching ___T___I

There are 12 8-letter words that match ___T___I. 2 are common words, such as PASTRAMI and VIRTUOSI. A rarer one is ZASTRUGI. In this set, S is the most frequent open letter (10 words). 4 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 12

pastramivirtuosisartoriitzatzikicastratinotturnipasticcipastromisastrugisextariistotinkizastrugi

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Words
12 (2 common words)
Common example
pastrami
Rare example
zastrugi
Doubled letters
4
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
S (10)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ___t___i are there?

12. 2 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

PASTRAMI is among the common words in this set.