6-Letter Words Matching _Q_I__

There are 12 6-letter words that match _Q_I__. 10 are common words, such as EQUINE and EQUIPS. A rarer one is EQUIDS. In this set, U is the most frequent open letter (12 words). 1 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 12

equineequipsequitysquibssquidssquintsquiresquirmsquirtsquishsquillequids

About this list

Words
12 (10 common words)
Common example
equine
Rare example
equids
Doubled letters
1
Ending in S
4
Most frequent letter
U (12)

Questions

How many 6-letter words matching _q_i__ are there?

12. 10 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

EQUINE is among the common words in this set.