8-Letter Words Matching A_____N_

There are 184 8-letter words that match A_____N_. 104 are common words, such as ABANDONS and ABASHING. A rarer one is AVULSING. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (132 words). 44 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 184

Common words

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Words
184 (104 common words)
Common example
abandons
Rare example
avulsing
Doubled letters
44
Ending in S
32
Most frequent letter
I (132)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching a_____n_ are there?

184. 104 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ABANDONS is among the common words in this set.