8-Letter Words Matching ___S_S__

There are 20 8-letter words that match ___S_S__. 10 are common words, such as BASSISTS and BOSSISMS. A rarer one is WHOSISES. In this set, S is the most frequent open letter (17 words). 8 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 20

bassistsbossismscensusedcensusesconsistsmissisesmissusespersistsrhesusessubsistsbyssusescassisesecesisesenosiseshousesathousesitnoesisespassusestussiseswhosises

About this list

Words
20 (10 common words)
Common example
bassists
Rare example
whosises
Doubled letters
8
Ending in S
17
Most frequent letter
S (17)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ___s_s__ are there?

20. 10 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

BASSISTS is among the common words in this set.