8-Letter Words Matching S___V___

There are 32 8-letter words that match S___V___. 15 are common words, such as SALIVARY and SALIVATE. A rarer one is SWERVERS. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (25 words). 4 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 32

Common words

salivarysalivatesamovarsscurvierscurviesscurvilysheavingshelvingshrivelsshrivingskivviedskivvies
salivarysalivatesamovarsscurvierscurviesscurvilysheavingshelvingshrivelsshrivingskivviedskivviesstarvingstrivingswervingstatvoltsynovialsynoviasscrivingshelversshelviershriverssleavingsleevingstarverssteevingstravagestravaigstriversstuiverssubovateswervers

About this list

Words
32 (15 common words)
Common example
salivary
Rare example
swervers
Doubled letters
4
Ending in S
11
Most frequent letter
I (25)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching s___v___ are there?

32. 15 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

SALIVARY is among the common words in this set.