9-Letter Words Matching W_____S__

There are 16 9-letter words that match W_____S__. 8 are common words, such as WANNESSES and WARHORSES. A rarer one is WOMANISES. 10 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 16

wannesseswarhorseswashbasinwetnesseswitlesslywitnessedwitnesseswrynesseswaenesseswhatsiseswhereaseswhoosiseswiseasseswoenesseswomanisedwomanises

About this list

Words
16 (8 common words)
Common example
wannesses
Rare example
womanises
Doubled letters
10
Ending in S
12

Questions

How many 9-letter words matching w_____s__ are there?

16. 8 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

WANNESSES is among the common words in this set.