8-Letter Words Matching ___NW___

There are 20 8-letter words that match ___NW___. 8 are common words, such as DOWNWARD and DOWNWIND. A rarer one is TOWNWEAR. In this set, O is the most frequent open letter (17 words). 5 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 20

downwarddownwindironwareironwoodironworkloanwordmoonwalkopenworkchinwagsdownwashhornwortironweedmoonwortovenwarehornwormmoonwardrainwashrainwearspanwormtownwear

About this list

Words
20 (8 common words)
Common example
downward
Rare example
townwear
Doubled letters
5
Ending in S
1
Most frequent letter
O (17)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ___nw___ are there?

20. 8 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

DOWNWARD is among the common words in this set.