9-Letter Words Matching ____NU___

There are 18 9-letter words that match ____NU___. 8 are common words, such as ATTENUATE and EXTENUATE. A rarer one is UNTENURED. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (17 words). 2 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 18

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Words
18 (8 common words)
Common example
attenuate
Rare example
untenured
Doubled letters
2
Ending in S
9
Most frequent letter
E (17)

Questions

How many 9-letter words matching ____nu___ are there?

18. 8 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ATTENUATE is among the common words in this set.