8-Letter Words Containing OUS

There are 272 8-letter words that contain OUS. 113 are common words, such as ACOUSTIC and ALEHOUSE. A rarer one is WAMEFOUS. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (130 words). 11 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 272

Common words

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Words
272 (113 common words)
Common example
acoustic
Rare example
wamefous
Doubled letters
11
Ending in S
201
Most frequent letter
E (130)

Questions

How many 8-letter words containing ous are there?

272. 113 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ACOUSTIC is among the common words in this set.