9-Letter Words Matching _____U__A

There are 12 9-letter words that match _____U__A. 2 are common words, such as MARIHUANA and MARIJUANA. A rarer one is MALAGUENA. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (10 words). 0 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 12

marihuanamarijuanahematuriaiminoureaketonuriabousoukiabouzoukiacentaureaepineuriahibakushainvolucramalaguena

About this list

Words
12 (2 common words)
Common example
marihuana
Rare example
malaguena
Doubled letters
0
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
I (10)

Questions

How many 9-letter words matching _____u__a are there?

12. 2 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

MARIHUANA is among the common words in this set.