9-Letter Words Matching ____W___E

There are 20 9-letter words that match ____W___E. 10 are common words, such as ALLOWABLE and ALLOWANCE. A rarer one is SHREWLIKE. In this set, R is the most frequent open letter (15 words). 2 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 20

allowableallowanceelsewhereerstwhilemeanwhileoverwriterenewablesomewheretypewritetypewrotegreywackelintwhiteoverwroteshrewmiceantiwhitegraywackehandwritehandwrotescrewlikeshrewlike

About this list

Words
20 (10 common words)
Common example
allowable
Rare example
shrewlike
Doubled letters
2
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
R (15)

Questions

How many 9-letter words matching ____w___e are there?

20. 10 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ALLOWABLE is among the common words in this set.