9-Letter Words Matching ___N_W___

There are 22 9-letter words that match ___N_W___. 11 are common words, such as CHINAWARE and DOWNSWING. A rarer one is SLANTWAYS. In this set, O is the most frequent open letter (18 words). 7 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 22

chinawaredownswingfrontwardroundwormslantwisestonewallstonewarestoneworkunknowingwinnowerswinnowingpaintworkblindwormjointwormstinkweedstinkwoodstonewortwoundwortbesnowingpennywortroundwoodslantways

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Words
22 (11 common words)
Common example
chinaware
Rare example
slantways
Doubled letters
7
Ending in S
2
Most frequent letter
O (18)

Questions

How many 9-letter words matching ___n_w___ are there?

22. 11 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

CHINAWARE is among the common words in this set.