5-Letter Words Matching W_O__

There are 23 5-letter words that match W_O__. 17 are common words, such as WHOLE and WHOOP. A rarer one is WOOSH. In this set, O is the most frequent open letter (13 words). 12 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 23

wholewhoopwhorlwhosewhosowoodswoodywooedwooerwoofswoolswoolywoozywrongwrotewrothwhompwhopswoopswhoofwhortwooshwhore

About this list

Words
23 (17 common words)
Common example
whole
Rare example
woosh
Doubled letters
12
Ending in S
5
Most frequent letter
O (13)

Questions

How many 5-letter words matching w_o__ are there?

23. 17 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

WHOLE is among the common words in this set.