8-Letter Words Matching _S_____T

There are 16 8-letter words that match _S_____T. 7 are common words, such as ASPIRANT and ASSONANT. A rarer one is ISOGRAFT. In this set, A is the most frequent open letter (13 words). 3 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 16

aspirantassonantastutestescapistescargotessayistpsalmistassignateschalotesculentesurientoscitantosculantusufructashplantisograft

About this list

Words
16 (7 common words)
Common example
aspirant
Rare example
isograft
Doubled letters
3
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
A (13)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching _s_____t are there?

16. 7 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ASPIRANT is among the common words in this set.