9-Letter Words Matching ___A_W___

There are 12 9-letter words that match ___A_W___. 2 are common words, such as METALWORK and SWEARWORD. A rarer one is CREAMWARE. In this set, R is the most frequent open letter (11 words). 4 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 12

metalworkswearwordbriarwoodclearwaysclearwingmetalwaresapanwoodspearwortstrawwormwheatwormcedarwoodcreamware

About this list

Words
12 (2 common words)
Common example
metalwork
Rare example
creamware
Doubled letters
4
Ending in S
1
Most frequent letter
R (11)

Questions

How many 9-letter words matching ___a_w___ are there?

12. 2 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

METALWORK is among the common words in this set.