6-Letter Words Containing OSS

There are 40 6-letter words that contain OSS. 17 are common words, such as ACROSS and BOSSED. A rarer one is UPTOSS. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (24 words). 40 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 40

Common words

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Words
40 (17 common words)
Common example
across
Rare example
uptoss
Doubled letters
40
Ending in S
14
Most frequent letter
E (24)

Questions

How many 6-letter words containing oss are there?

40. 17 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ACROSS is among the common words in this set.