9-Letter Words Matching ___A___P_

There are 14 9-letter words that match ___A___P_. 3 are common words, such as ESCALLOPS and METACARPI. A rarer one is PARADROPS. In this set, S is the most frequent open letter (10 words). 1 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 14

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About this list

Words
14 (3 common words)
Common example
escallops
Rare example
paradrops
Doubled letters
1
Ending in S
7
Most frequent letter
S (10)

Questions

How many 9-letter words matching ___a___p_ are there?

14. 3 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ESCALLOPS is among the common words in this set.