9-Letter Words Matching ____W_T__

There are 24 9-letter words that match ____W_T__. 11 are common words, such as BACKWATER and DISHWATER. A rarer one is THROWSTER. In this set, A is the most frequent open letter (23 words). 7 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 24

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Words
24 (11 common words)
Common example
backwater
Rare example
throwster
Doubled letters
7
Ending in S
6
Most frequent letter
A (23)

Questions

How many 9-letter words matching ____w_t__ are there?

24. 11 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

BACKWATER is among the common words in this set.