11-Letter Words Matching ____L_W____

There are 16 11-letter words that match ____L_W____. 10 are common words, such as CANDLEWICKS and GENTLEWOMAN. A rarer one is SWALLOWABLE. In this set, O is the most frequent open letter (13 words). 13 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 16

candlewicksgentlewomangentlewomenneedlewomanneedlewomenneedleworksshallownessswallowtailtiddlywinkstumbleweedsbattlewagoncandlewoodsunallowablescrollworkssmallswordsswallowable

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Words
16 (10 common words)
Common example
candlewicks
Rare example
swallowable
Doubled letters
13
Ending in S
8
Most frequent letter
O (13)

Questions

How many 11-letter words matching ____l_w____ are there?

16. 10 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

CANDLEWICKS is among the common words in this set.