8-Letter Words Containing IRE

There are 143 8-letter words that contain IRE. 67 are common words, such as ACQUIRED and ACQUIRES. A rarer one is WIREWAYS. In this set, S is the most frequent open letter (69 words). 18 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 143

Common words

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About this list

Words
143 (67 common words)
Common example
acquired
Rare example
wireways
Doubled letters
18
Ending in S
46
Most frequent letter
S (69)

Questions

How many 8-letter words containing ire are there?

143. 67 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ACQUIRED is among the common words in this set.