5-Letter Words Matching __W_E

There are 14 5-letter words that match __W_E. 2 are common words, such as DOWSE and PEWEE. A rarer one is ZOWIE. In this set, O is the most frequent open letter (7 words). 3 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 14

dowsepeweebowsedowiehawsengweeetweelowsenewietawietawsetowieyowiezowie

About this list

Words
14 (2 common words)
Common example
dowse
Rare example
zowie
Doubled letters
3
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
O (7)

Questions

How many 5-letter words matching __w_e are there?

14. 2 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

DOWSE is among the common words in this set.