5-Letter Words Matching Z_N__

There are 13 5-letter words that match Z_N__. 6 are common words, such as ZINCS and ZINGS. A rarer one is ZONKS. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (7 words). 0 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 13

zincszingszingyzonalzonedzoneszineszanzazincyzinebzinkyzonerzonks

About this list

Words
13 (6 common words)
Common example
zincs
Rare example
zonks
Doubled letters
0
Ending in S
5
Most frequent letter
I (7)

Questions

How many 5-letter words matching z_n__ are there?

13. 6 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ZINCS is among the common words in this set.