5-Letter Words Matching W__S_

There are 16 5-letter words that match W__S_. 13 are common words, such as WAIST and WEEST. A rarer one is WOOSH. In this set, H is the most frequent open letter (8 words). 3 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 16

waistweestwelshwhiskwhistwhosewhosoworseworstwrestwristwurstwussywershwhishwoosh

About this list

Words
16 (13 common words)
Common example
waist
Rare example
woosh
Doubled letters
3
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
H (8)

Questions

How many 5-letter words matching w__s_ are there?

16. 13 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

WAIST is among the common words in this set.