9-Letter Words Matching ___A___K_

There are 13 9-letter words that match ___A___K_. 7 are common words, such as BALALAIKA and DATABANKS. A rarer one is UNWARLIKE. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (9 words). 1 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 13

balalaikadatabanksdreamlikemegabuckstamarackstomahawkswomanliketamariskshumanlikepetallikeselamlikssheaflikeunwarlike

About this list

Words
13 (7 common words)
Common example
balalaika
Rare example
unwarlike
Doubled letters
1
Ending in S
6
Most frequent letter
I (9)

Questions

How many 9-letter words matching ___a___k_ are there?

13. 7 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

BALALAIKA is among the common words in this set.