11-Letter Words Matching ____O_W____

There are 17 11-letter words that match ____O_W____. 9 are common words, such as ANCHORWOMAN and ANCHORWOMEN. A rarer one is YELLOWWARES. In this set, S is the most frequent open letter (13 words). 11 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 17

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Words
17 (9 common words)
Common example
anchorwoman
Rare example
yellowwares
Doubled letters
11
Ending in S
12
Most frequent letter
S (13)

Questions

How many 11-letter words matching ____o_w____ are there?

17. 9 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ANCHORWOMAN is among the common words in this set.