8-Letter Words Matching __A____O

There are 13 8-letter words that match __A____O. 6 are common words, such as AMARETTO and FLAMENCO. A rarer one is TRAPUNTO. In this set, R is the most frequent open letter (8 words). 4 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 13

amarettoflamencoflamingograffitooratoriostaccatograciosoguacharoatamascoclassicograziosohuarachotrapunto

About this list

Words
13 (6 common words)
Common example
amaretto
Rare example
trapunto
Doubled letters
4
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
R (8)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching __a____o are there?

13. 6 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

AMARETTO is among the common words in this set.