8-Letter Words With A and B

There are 2560 8-letter words that use both A and B. 1007 are common words, such as ABACUSES and ABALONES. A rarer one is ZAREEBAS. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (1571 words). 547 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 2,560

Common words

abacusesabalonesabandonsabashingabattoirabbessesabdicateabdomensabductedabducteeabductoraberrant
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About this list

Words
2560 (1007 common words)
Common example
abacuses
Rare example
zareebas
Doubled letters
547
Ending in S
741
Most frequent letter
E (1571)

Questions

How many 8-letter words with a and b are there?

2560. 1007 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ABACUSES is among the common words in this set.