9-Letter Words Containing IRE

There are 135 9-letter words that contain IRE. 66 are common words, such as BACKFIRED and BACKFIRES. A rarer one is WIREPHOTO. In this set, S is the most frequent open letter (92 words). 17 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 135

Common words

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Words
135 (66 common words)
Common example
backfired
Rare example
wirephoto
Doubled letters
17
Ending in S
68
Most frequent letter
S (92)

Questions

How many 9-letter words containing ire are there?

135. 66 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

BACKFIRED is among the common words in this set.