9-Letter Words Matching ____OZ___

There are 14 9-letter words that match ____OZ___. 4 are common words, such as PROTOZOAN and PROTOZOIC. A rarer one is SPOROZOON. In this set, O is the most frequent open letter (11 words). 5 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 14

protozoanprotozoicprotozoonschnozzleanthozoanheliozoanhydrozoanprotozoalshmoozingsaprozoicschnozzessierozemssporozoansporozoon

About this list

Words
14 (4 common words)
Common example
protozoan
Rare example
sporozoon
Doubled letters
5
Ending in S
2
Most frequent letter
O (11)

Questions

How many 9-letter words matching ____oz___ are there?

14. 4 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

PROTOZOAN is among the common words in this set.