8-Letter Words Matching ___O__S_

There are 99 8-letter words that match ___O__S_. 32 are common words, such as ADMONISH and AFFOREST. A rarer one is YAHOOISM. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (77 words). 14 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 99

Common words

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admonishafforestaphorismarsonistastonishbaronesscanoeistcolonistdeforestdemolishembolismeulogisthedonismhedonisthumoristimmodestmayoressmonodistmotoristnepotismnepotistparodistparoxysmpleonasmprioressrecoursereforestremotesttheoristunionismunionistvaporisealgorismaphoristcanonesscanonistcoloristdemonismdolorosoergotismhelotismidiotismlaconismmelodistoologistrigorismrigoristsciolismsciolistvaporishacrotismactorishaldolaseaphorisearboristatropismautolysebuxomestcanonisecolonisecolorismcreolisedemonessdemonisedemonistdemotistdepolishecholesseglomiseendocasteulogiseincorpsekilobaselemonishmelodisememorisemoronismmotorisenabobessnabobishnabobismnonobeserepolishrepousserheobaserobotismsarodistsimonistsodomistspookishtenoristtheorisetutoressunioniseunmodishvalorisevigorishvigorosoyahooism

About this list

Words
99 (32 common words)
Common example
admonish
Rare example
yahooism
Doubled letters
14
Ending in S
8
Most frequent letter
I (77)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ___o__s_ are there?

99. 32 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ADMONISH is among the common words in this set.