10-Letter Words Matching ______CU__

There are 13 10-letter words that match ______CU__. 3 are common words, such as ANIMALCULE and BUTTERCUPS. A rarer one is RETINACULA. 1 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 13

animalculebuttercupspracticumscanaliculicrepusculeventriculianimalculacolchicumsdoronicumshyperacutenonconcursprecalculiretinacula

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Words
13 (3 common words)
Common example
animalcule
Rare example
retinacula
Doubled letters
1
Ending in S
5

Questions

How many 10-letter words matching ______cu__ are there?

13. 3 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ANIMALCULE is among the common words in this set.