8-Letter Words Matching A_____A_

There are 145 8-letter words that match A_____A_. 26 are common words, such as ABNORMAL and AGRARIAN. A rarer one is AXONEMAL. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (87 words). 24 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 145

Common words

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Words
145 (26 common words)
Common example
abnormal
Rare example
axonemal
Doubled letters
24
Ending in S
57
Most frequent letter
I (87)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching a_____a_ are there?

145. 26 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ABNORMAL is among the common words in this set.