7-Letter Words Matching _O__W__

There are 15 7-letter words that match _O__W__. 6 are common words, such as DOORWAY and FOLKWAY. A rarer one is WOODWAX. In this set, A is the most frequent open letter (12 words). 5 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 15

doorwayfolkwaypostwarroadwaysomewaytollwayfootwaygodownsrollwayropewaykotowedkotowertowawaywoadwaxwoodwax

About this list

Words
15 (6 common words)
Common example
doorway
Rare example
woodwax
Doubled letters
5
Ending in S
1
Most frequent letter
A (12)

Questions

How many 7-letter words matching _o__w__ are there?

15. 6 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

DOORWAY is among the common words in this set.