8-Letter Words Matching _A___Z__

There are 13 8-letter words that match _A___Z__. 7 are common words, such as BAPTIZED and BAPTIZER. A rarer one is PAZAZZES. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (10 words). 2 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 13

baptizedbaptizerbaptizescadenzascapsizedcapsizespartizanbartizanlaicizedlaicizespalazzoshalutzimpazazzes

About this list

Words
13 (7 common words)
Common example
baptized
Rare example
pazazzes
Doubled letters
2
Ending in S
6
Most frequent letter
I (10)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching _a___z__ are there?

13. 7 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

BAPTIZED is among the common words in this set.