8-Letter Words Containing LEW

There are 16 8-letter words that contain LEW. 3 are common words, such as ALEWIVES and LEWDNESS. A rarer one is PALEWISE. In this set, A is the most frequent open letter (8 words). 2 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 16

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About this list

Words
16 (3 common words)
Common example
alewives
Rare example
palewise
Doubled letters
2
Ending in S
3
Most frequent letter
A (8)

Questions

How many 8-letter words containing lew are there?

16. 3 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ALEWIVES is among the common words in this set.