9-Letter Words Matching _____RV__

There are 16 9-letter words that match _____RV__. 5 are common words, such as CONSERVED and CONSERVES. A rarer one is OUTSERVES. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (16 words). 2 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 16

conservedconservespreservedpreserverpreservesconfervasperfervidsubservedsubservesconfervaeconserverdisserveddisservesoutcurvesoutservedoutserves

About this list

Words
16 (5 common words)
Common example
conserved
Rare example
outserves
Doubled letters
2
Ending in S
7
Most frequent letter
E (16)

Questions

How many 9-letter words matching _____rv__ are there?

16. 5 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

CONSERVED is among the common words in this set.