8-Letter Words Matching A____V__

There are 18 8-letter words that match A____V__. 13 are common words, such as ABSOLVED and ABSOLVES. A rarer one is AESTIVAL. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (14 words). 4 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 18

absolvedabsolvesachievedachieverachievesairwavesalewivesapprovalapprovedapprovesarchivalarchivedarchivesabsolveramadavatapproveravadavataestival

About this list

Words
18 (13 common words)
Common example
absolved
Rare example
aestival
Doubled letters
4
Ending in S
6
Most frequent letter
E (14)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching a____v__ are there?

18. 13 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ABSOLVED is among the common words in this set.