10-Letter Words Matching ___V____S_

There are 12 10-letter words that match ___V____S_. 5 are common words, such as CLEVERNESS and CRAVENNESS. A rarer one is TRIVIALIST. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (11 words). 7 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 12

clevernesscravennessflavorlesssilverfishunevennessfervidnessshovelnoseclavieristdrivennessdriverlesstrivialisetrivialist

About this list

Words
12 (5 common words)
Common example
cleverness
Rare example
trivialist
Doubled letters
7
Ending in S
7
Most frequent letter
E (11)

Questions

How many 10-letter words matching ___v____s_ are there?

12. 5 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

CLEVERNESS is among the common words in this set.