11-Letter Words Matching ____S___C__

There are 20 11-letter words that match ____S___C__. 13 are common words, such as ASSISTANCES and CROSSCHECKS. A rarer one is VIRESCENCES. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (17 words). 3 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 20

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Words
20 (13 common words)
Common example
assistances
Rare example
virescences
Doubled letters
3
Ending in S
16
Most frequent letter
E (17)

Questions

How many 11-letter words matching ____s___c__ are there?

20. 13 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ASSISTANCES is among the common words in this set.