10-Letter Words Matching ___K__O___

There are 30 10-letter words that match ___K__O___. 8 are common words, such as BACKGROUND and BOOKSTORES. A rarer one is PICKAROONS. In this set, S is the most frequent open letter (25 words). 9 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 30

Common words

backgroundbookstorescockscombsmonkshoodssackclothsshakedownssmokehouseworkaholicbackblocksbackclothsbackswordsbuckthorns
backgroundbookstorescockscombsmonkshoodssackclothsshakedownssmokehouseworkaholicbackblocksbackclothsbackswordsbuckthornscockalorumcookstoveshackamoresjackbootedmarkswomanmaskanongeneckclothssaskatoonssnakemouthsnakerootsstokeholdsstokeholeswalkaboutsworkpeoplebackwoodsycocksfootsmarkswomenpickaroons

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Words
30 (8 common words)
Common example
background
Rare example
pickaroons
Doubled letters
9
Ending in S
19
Most frequent letter
S (25)

Questions

How many 10-letter words matching ___k__o___ are there?

30. 8 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

BACKGROUND is among the common words in this set.