9-Letter Words Matching _V_____O_

There are 12 9-letter words that match _V_____O_. 6 are common words, such as AVOCATION and EVOCATION. A rarer one is OVERPROOF. In this set, O is the most frequent open letter (10 words). 3 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 12

avocationevocationevolutionovershootoverthrowovulationavigationevaluatorovenproofoverfavoroverlaboroverproof

About this list

Words
12 (6 common words)
Common example
avocation
Rare example
overproof
Doubled letters
3
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
O (10)

Questions

How many 9-letter words matching _v_____o_ are there?

12. 6 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

AVOCATION is among the common words in this set.