8-Letter Words Matching O____O__

There are 124 8-letter words that match O____O__. 43 are common words, such as OCTAGONS and OENOLOGY. A rarer one is OVERWORN. In this set, R is the most frequent open letter (83 words). 27 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 124

Common words

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octagonsoenologyoffshootoffshoreoilclothomicronsomnivoreoncologyontologyopenworkopinionsorationsoutcropsoutdoorsoutflowsoutgrownoutgrowsoutlooksoutscoreoutshoneoutshoutovationsoverboldoverbookoverboreovercoatovercomeovercookoverdoesoverdoneoverdoseoverfondoverjoysoverloadoverlongoverlookoverlordoverrodeoversoldovertoneovertookoverworkoxbloodsoblatoryocherousoctofoiloctopodsoctoroonodontoidoecologyoilstoneorganonsorgulousotoscopeoutcrossoutshootovercooloversoulovertopsoverwordobligorsochreousoctanolsoestroneoestrousofferorsoilproofoinologyokeydokeomikronsomniformomnimodeomnivoraoogamousorcinolsotoscopyoutbloomoutclomboutcooksoutcrowsoutdropsoutdroveoutflownoutfoolsoutfootsoutfrownoutglowsoutgrossoutgroupoutplodsoutplotsoutquoteoutrootsoutscoldoutscoopoutscornoutsmokeoutsnoreoutspokeoutstoodoutsworeoutswornouttrotsoutwroteovarioleoverboiloverbornovercoldoverdoeroverdogsoverfoulovergoadoverholdoverholyoverhopeoverloudoverloveoversoakoversoftoversoonovertoilovervoteoverworeoverworn

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Words
124 (43 common words)
Common example
octagons
Rare example
overworn
Doubled letters
27
Ending in S
39
Most frequent letter
R (83)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching o____o__ are there?

124. 43 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

OCTAGONS is among the common words in this set.