9-Letter Words Ending in OUS

There are 252 9-letter words that end in OUS. 119 are common words, such as ACIDULOUS and AMBIGUOUS. A rarer one is UNTIMEOUS. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (130 words). 15 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 252

Common words

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Words
252 (119 common words)
Common example
acidulous
Rare example
untimeous
Doubled letters
15
Ending in S
252
Most frequent letter
I (130)

Questions

How many 9-letter words ending in ous are there?

252. 119 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ACIDULOUS is among the common words in this set.