8-Letter Words Matching _X_O____

There are 17 8-letter words that match _X_O____. 9 are common words, such as EXHORTED and EXPONENT. A rarer one is OXTONGUE. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (16 words). 2 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 17

exhortedexponentexportedexporterexposingexposureexpoundsextolledextortedaxiologyexhorterextollerextorterexposalsexposersexpositsoxtongue

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Words
17 (9 common words)
Common example
exhorted
Rare example
oxtongue
Doubled letters
2
Ending in S
4
Most frequent letter
E (16)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching _x_o____ are there?

17. 9 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

EXHORTED is among the common words in this set.