8-Letter Words Matching A_R_____

There are 169 8-letter words that match A_R_____. 70 are common words, such as AARDVARK and ABRADING. A rarer one is AUROREAN. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (118 words). 28 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 169

Common words

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About this list

Words
169 (70 common words)
Common example
aardvark
Rare example
aurorean
Doubled letters
28
Ending in S
60
Most frequent letter
I (118)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching a_r_____ are there?

169. 70 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

AARDVARK is among the common words in this set.