12-Letter Words Ending in US

There are 218 12-letter words that end in US. 50 are common words, such as ADVANTAGEOUS and ADVENTITIOUS. A rarer one is VIRULIFEROUS. In this set, O is the most frequent open letter (216 words). 19 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 218

Common words

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Words
218 (50 common words)
Common example
advantageous
Rare example
viruliferous
Doubled letters
19
Ending in S
218
Most frequent letter
O (216)

Questions

How many 12-letter words ending in us are there?

218. 50 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ADVANTAGEOUS is among the common words in this set.