8-Letter Words Matching ____IX__

There are 26 8-letter words that match ____IX__. 12 are common words, such as BOLLIXED and BOLLIXES. A rarer one is VERNIXES. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (21 words). 7 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 26

Common words

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Words
26 (12 common words)
Common example
bollixed
Rare example
vernixes
Doubled letters
7
Ending in S
17
Most frequent letter
E (21)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ____ix__ are there?

26. 12 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

BOLLIXED is among the common words in this set.