6-Letter Words Matching W___K_

There are 12 6-letter words that match W___K_. 8 are common words, such as WHACKS and WHACKY. A rarer one is WRICKS. In this set, S is the most frequent open letter (8 words). 0 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 12

whackswhackywhelkswhiskswhiskywrackswreakswreckswakikiwhackowhelkywricks

About this list

Words
12 (8 common words)
Common example
whacks
Rare example
wricks
Doubled letters
0
Ending in S
7
Most frequent letter
S (8)

Questions

How many 6-letter words matching w___k_ are there?

12. 8 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

WHACKS is among the common words in this set.