10-Letter Words Matching ______EL__

There are 79 10-letter words that match ______EL__. 28 are common words, such as BACKFIELDS and BOMBSHELLS. A rarer one is VILLANELLA. In this set, S is the most frequent open letter (48 words). 43 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 79

Common words

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Words
79 (28 common words)
Common example
backfields
Rare example
villanella
Doubled letters
43
Ending in S
27
Most frequent letter
S (48)

Questions

How many 10-letter words matching ______el__ are there?

79. 28 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

BACKFIELDS is among the common words in this set.