8-Letter Words Matching _P_____A

There are 14 8-letter words that match _P_____A. 3 are common words, such as APOLOGIA and EPHEMERA. A rarer one is SPOROZOA. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (9 words). 2 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 14

apologiaephemeraoperettaepiphoraspirillaapimaniaependymaepicediaepifaunaepimysiaepopoeiaoperculaopusculasporozoa

About this list

Words
14 (3 common words)
Common example
apologia
Rare example
sporozoa
Doubled letters
2
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
E (9)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching _p_____a are there?

14. 3 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

APOLOGIA is among the common words in this set.