8-Letter Words Matching ___V___T

There are 12 8-letter words that match ___V___T. 6 are common words, such as CURVIEST and HEAVIEST. A rarer one is VELVERET. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (11 words). 1 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 12

curviestheaviestheavysetnerviestpriviestsavviestcervelatchevaletleaviestoutvauntvalveletvelveret

About this list

Words
12 (6 common words)
Common example
curviest
Rare example
velveret
Doubled letters
1
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
E (11)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ___v___t are there?

12. 6 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

CURVIEST is among the common words in this set.