8-Letter Words Matching _C_____A

There are 16 8-letter words that match _C_____A. 3 are common words, such as ACADEMIA and SCIATICA. A rarer one is SCUTELLA. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (11 words). 4 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 16

academiasciaticascrofulaaciduriaecclesiaoccipitaschematascleromascotopiaaceldamaachilleaacidemiaicekhanascabiosascoliomascutella

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Words
16 (3 common words)
Common example
academia
Rare example
scutella
Doubled letters
4
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
I (11)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching _c_____a are there?

16. 3 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ACADEMIA is among the common words in this set.