8-Letter Words Matching ____W_S_

There are 20 8-letter words that match ____W_S_. 5 are common words, such as BACKWASH and EDGEWISE. A rarer one is WEFTWISE. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (17 words). 1 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 20

backwashedgewiselikewiseshrewishsidewisepairwisebendwisecrabwisedownwashflatwisesomewisestepwisefesswiseflatwashlongwiseoverwisepalewiserainwashwarpwiseweftwise

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Words
20 (5 common words)
Common example
backwash
Rare example
weftwise
Doubled letters
1
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
I (17)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ____w_s_ are there?

20. 5 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

BACKWASH is among the common words in this set.