8-Letter Words Matching ____SS__

There are 95 8-letter words that match ____SS__. 41 are common words, such as ABBESSES and ACCESSED. A rarer one is VITESSES. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (84 words). 95 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 95

Common words

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About this list

Words
95 (41 common words)
Common example
abbesses
Rare example
vitesses
Doubled letters
95
Ending in S
47
Most frequent letter
E (84)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ____ss__ are there?

95. 41 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ABBESSES is among the common words in this set.