6-Letter Words Matching N___N_

There are 18 6-letter words that match N___N_. 7 are common words, such as NAMING and NIXING. A rarer one is NUTANT. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (11 words). 0 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 18

namingnixingnosingnotingnovenanukingnylonsnagananatantnovenenuminanarinenidingninonsnitonsnocentnominanutant

About this list

Words
18 (7 common words)
Common example
naming
Rare example
nutant
Doubled letters
0
Ending in S
3
Most frequent letter
I (11)

Questions

How many 6-letter words matching n___n_ are there?

18. 7 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

NAMING is among the common words in this set.