9-Letter Words Matching __P___Z__

There are 14 9-letter words that match __P___Z__. 7 are common words, such as APPETIZER and DEPUTIZED. A rarer one is JAPANIZES. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (13 words). 3 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 14

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About this list

Words
14 (7 common words)
Common example
appetizer
Rare example
japanizes
Doubled letters
3
Ending in S
5
Most frequent letter
I (13)

Questions

How many 9-letter words matching __p___z__ are there?

14. 7 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

APPETIZER is among the common words in this set.