10-Letter Words Matching ____O_W___

There are 16 10-letter words that match ____O_W___. 6 are common words, such as BUTTONWOOD and COMMONWEAL. A rarer one is YELLOWWARE. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (11 words). 13 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 16

buttonwoodcommonwealcottonwoodjimsonweednationwideschoolworkcottonweedhollowwarepigeonwingransomwareribbonwoodwillowwareyellowweedyellowwoodpoisonwoodyellowware

About this list

Words
16 (6 common words)
Common example
buttonwood
Rare example
yellowware
Doubled letters
13
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
E (11)

Questions

How many 10-letter words matching ____o_w___ are there?

16. 6 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

BUTTONWOOD is among the common words in this set.