9-Letter Words Containing DIR

There are 20 9-letter words that contain DIR. 12 are common words, such as DIRECTEST and DIRECTING. A rarer one is DIRIGISTE. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (19 words). 2 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 20

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Words
20 (12 common words)
Common example
directest
Rare example
dirigiste
Doubled letters
2
Ending in S
7
Most frequent letter
E (19)

Questions

How many 9-letter words containing dir are there?

20. 12 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

DIRECTEST is among the common words in this set.