12-Letter Words Matching ___L_F______

There are 16 12-letter words that match ___L_F______. 7 are common words, such as CAULIFLOWERS and FAULTFINDERS. A rarer one is TOPLOFTINESS. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (16 words). 10 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 16

cauliflowersfaultfindersfaultfindingproliferatedproliferatesprolificallyskillfulnessgillyflowersmellifluenceproliferatorprolificnessshellfishingbailiffshipsguilefulnessshellfisherytoploftiness

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Words
16 (7 common words)
Common example
cauliflowers
Rare example
toploftiness
Doubled letters
10
Ending in S
9
Most frequent letter
I (16)

Questions

How many 12-letter words matching ___l_f______ are there?

16. 7 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

CAULIFLOWERS is among the common words in this set.