8-Letter Words Matching ____IS__

There are 315 8-letter words that match ____IS__. 103 are common words, such as ABSCISSA and ANIMISMS. A rarer one is WHOSISES. In this set, S is the most frequent open letter (248 words). 35 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 315

Common words

abscissaanimismsanimistsapprisedapprisesatavismsatavistsatheismsatheistsbaptismsbassistsbossisms
abscissaanimismsanimistsapprisedapprisesatavismsatavistsatheismsatheistsbaptismsbassistsbossismscasuistscellistscharismachemiseschemistsclevisescoexistsconciserconsistscopyistscultismscultistscyclistsczaristsdadaismsdadaistsdentistsdermisesdespiseddespisesdiaristsdualismsduelistsegotismsegotistselitismselitistsfaddistsfascismsfascistsfauvismsfauvistsfloristsflutistsgarrisonhaggisesharpistsheroismshubrisesimprisonjettisonleftismsleftistsmachismomalaisesmantisesmantissamissisesmortisedmortisesnarcissiobelisksoculistspalmistspartisanpelvisespersistsphariseepianistsprecisedpreciserprecisespremisedpremisespromisedpromisesprovisosrealismsrealistsreprisalreprisedreprisesrubbishysacristysoloistssophismssophistsstylistssubsistssunrisessurmisedsurmisestennisestitliststourismstouriststropismsuntwistsupraisedupraisesviolistsbaptistsabatisesableismsabscisedabscisesagonistsamoristsballistacortisolcoulissecullisesderrisesdespiserdualistselegistsempoisonimagismsironistslemniscilocoismsmortiseronanismsonanistsoxalisespachisisparvisespastisesphthisesphthisicphthisispianismspietismspromiseepromiserprotistsrachisestouristytsaristsunpoisedunraisedvibrissaabscisinadonisesagonisedagonisesaltoistsappriseratomisedatomiseratomisesatomismsatomistsazotisedazotisesbaalismsbaptisedbaptisesbaptisiabartisanbiblistsbogyismsbrewisesbromismsbrutismsbruxismsbundistscaddisescambismscambistscassisescerciseschamiseschamisoscharismschemismschutistschymistscladistsclonismscognisedcognisescosmismscosmistscoulisesczarismsdeixisesdialistsdodoismsebonisedebonisesecesisesechoismselegisedelegisesemprisesenosisesentwistsepeeistserotismsetatismsexotismsfaddismsfeudistsfideismsfideistsfogyismsfuguistsgenoisesglacisesgnomistshoboismshornistshybriseshygeistshymnistsidolisedidoliseridolisesidolismsidylistsimagistsintwistsiritisesitemiseditemisesjudoistsjujuismsjujuistskermiseskoumiseskyanisedkyaniseslaicisedlaiciseslaicismslentiskslionisedlioniserlionisesmetristsmorrisesnarcismsnarcistsnebbishynoesisesobelisedobelisesobelismsodalisksogreismsologistsoralismsoralistsorchisesoxidisedoxidiseroxidisesozonisedozonisespeonismspietistsplenismsplenistspoetisedpoetiserpoetisespollistspoloistspraxisesprevisedprevisesprevisorpromisorqueristsrealisedrealiserrealisesreraisedreraisesretwistsrevuistssacristsslumismssoubisesstatismsstatistsstylisedstyliserstylisessurmisertabbisestachismetachismstachistetachiststallisimtenniststsarismstubaiststussisestzarismstzaristsupraiseruranismsutilisedutiliserutilisesutopismsutopistsvarnishywholismswhosises

About this list

Words
315 (103 common words)
Common example
abscissa
Rare example
whosises
Doubled letters
35
Ending in S
234
Most frequent letter
S (248)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ____is__ are there?

315. 103 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ABSCISSA is among the common words in this set.