9-Letter Words Matching ___S_S___

There are 16 9-letter words that match ___S_S___. 10 are common words, such as CENSUSING and CONSISTED. A rarer one is PERSISTER. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (16 words). 4 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 16

censusingconsistedecosystemhorseshoepersistedpossessedpossessespossessorsubsistedsubsystemgoosestephorseshithorseshodhousesitsnonsystempersister

About this list

Words
16 (10 common words)
Common example
censusing
Rare example
persister
Doubled letters
4
Ending in S
2
Most frequent letter
E (16)

Questions

How many 9-letter words matching ___s_s___ are there?

16. 10 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

CENSUSING is among the common words in this set.