9-Letter Words Matching ____OV___

There are 50 9-letter words that match ____OV___. 24 are common words, such as ANCHOVIES and APPROVALS. A rarer one is WINGOVERS. 9 words contain a doubled letter.

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Common words

anchoviesapprovalsapprovingbehoovingcordovansdiscoversdiscoveryextroverthangoversholdoversimprovingimprovise
anchoviesapprovalsapprovingbehoovingcordovansdiscoversdiscoveryextroverthangoversholdoversimprovingimproviseintrovertleftoversmakeoversmisgovernpulloverspushoversreprovingrolloversstopoverstakeoversturnoverswalkoversanchovetabedcoverscommovingdiscoverthandoversmicrovoltmuscovadononmovingreprovalsslipoversslivovitzuvaroviteapproverscognovitsflopoversimproversmismovingmuscovitenonnovelsnonwovensoutlovingoutmovingpassoversreproversunglovingwingovers

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Words
50 (24 common words)
Common example
anchovies
Rare example
wingovers
Doubled letters
9
Ending in S
28

Questions

How many 9-letter words matching ____ov___ are there?

50. 24 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ANCHOVIES is among the common words in this set.