8-Letter Words Matching B_____W_

There are 12 8-letter words that match B_____W_. 3 are common words, such as BESTREWN and BESTREWS. A rarer one is BOOMTOWN. In this set, S is the most frequent open letter (8 words). 3 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 12

bestrewnbestrewsbucksawsbacksawsballgownbandsawsbeshrewsballhawkbestrownbestrowsblowdownboomtown

About this list

Words
12 (3 common words)
Common example
bestrewn
Rare example
boomtown
Doubled letters
3
Ending in S
6
Most frequent letter
S (8)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching b_____w_ are there?

12. 3 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

BESTREWN is among the common words in this set.