7-Letter Words Matching ____SS_

There are 16 7-letter words that match ____SS_. 4 are common words, such as COLOSSI and EMBASSY. A rarer one is VITESSE. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (11 words). 16 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 16

colossiembassyfinesseimpassebabassubagasseoquassapelisseunfussyvinasseidlessemegassemetissemorassyrubassevitesse

About this list

Words
16 (4 common words)
Common example
colossi
Rare example
vitesse
Doubled letters
16
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
E (11)

Questions

How many 7-letter words matching ____ss_ are there?

16. 4 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

COLOSSI is among the common words in this set.