9-Letter Words Matching ___T_C___

There are 99 9-letter words that match ___T_C___. 40 are common words, such as CANTICLES and CONTACTED. A rarer one is VORTICIST. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (75 words). 9 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 99

Common words

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About this list

Words
99 (40 common words)
Common example
canticles
Rare example
vorticist
Doubled letters
9
Ending in S
31
Most frequent letter
I (75)

Questions

How many 9-letter words matching ___t_c___ are there?

99. 40 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

CANTICLES is among the common words in this set.