8-Letter Words Matching ___X___S

There are 18 8-letter words that match ___X___S. 4 are common words, such as BAUXITES and COEXISTS. A rarer one is ULEXITES. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (16 words). 1 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 18

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About this list

Words
18 (4 common words)
Common example
bauxites
Rare example
ulexites
Doubled letters
1
Ending in S
18
Most frequent letter
E (16)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ___x___s are there?

18. 4 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

BAUXITES is among the common words in this set.