9-Letter Words Matching A_____Z__

There are 17 9-letter words that match A_____Z__. 5 are common words, such as ALKALIZED and ALKALIZES. A rarer one is AVIANIZES. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (17 words). 1 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 17

alkalizedalkalizesamortizedamortizesappetizeraphorizedaphorizesarchaizedarchaizesautolyzesactivizedactivizesarborizedarborizesautolyzedavianizedavianizes

About this list

Words
17 (5 common words)
Common example
alkalized
Rare example
avianizes
Doubled letters
1
Ending in S
8
Most frequent letter
E (17)

Questions

How many 9-letter words matching a_____z__ are there?

17. 5 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ALKALIZED is among the common words in this set.