8-Letter Words Matching _A_B____

There are 172 8-letter words that match _A_B____. 70 are common words, such as BABBLERS and BABBLING. A rarer one is YABBERED. In this set, R is the most frequent open letter (105 words). 53 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 172

Common words

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About this list

Words
172 (70 common words)
Common example
babblers
Rare example
yabbered
Doubled letters
53
Ending in S
78
Most frequent letter
R (105)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching _a_b____ are there?

172. 70 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

BABBLERS is among the common words in this set.