10-Letter Words Matching ____L_W___

There are 23 10-letter words that match ____L_W___. 8 are common words, such as CANDLEWICK and MAYFLOWERS. A rarer one is SWALLOWERS. In this set, O is the most frequent open letter (16 words). 13 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 23

candlewickmayflowersneedleworksafflowersshallowestsunflowersswallowingtumbleweedbasaltwarebridlewaysbridlewisecandlewooddayflowersfiddlewoodsmallswordtiddlywinkflyblowingoutflowingoutglowingscallywagsscrollworkshallowingswallowers

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Words
23 (8 common words)
Common example
candlewick
Rare example
swallowers
Doubled letters
13
Ending in S
7
Most frequent letter
O (16)

Questions

How many 10-letter words matching ____l_w___ are there?

23. 8 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

CANDLEWICK is among the common words in this set.