7-Letter Words Matching ___PS__

There are 17 7-letter words that match ___PS__. 5 are common words, such as CORPSES and ELAPSED. A rarer one is WOOPSES. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (11 words). 2 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 17

corpseselapsedelapsesstepsonwhipsawasepsesasepsiserepsinstypsistrypsinanopsiabiopsicdiapsidlimpseyskepsiswoopsedwoopses

About this list

Words
17 (5 common words)
Common example
corpses
Rare example
woopses
Doubled letters
2
Ending in S
7
Most frequent letter
E (11)

Questions

How many 7-letter words matching ___ps__ are there?

17. 5 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

CORPSES is among the common words in this set.