12-Letter Words Matching B________L__

There are 17 12-letter words that match B________L__. 10 are common words, such as BACKPEDALLED and BARBARICALLY. A rarer one is BLASTOCOELIC. In this set, L is the most frequent open letter (16 words). 10 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 17

backpedalledbarbaricallybattlefieldsbeatificallybehaviorallybeneficiallybespectacledbibliophilesbiologicallybloodmobilesbibliophilicbatheticallybiomolecularbiomoleculesbiparentallyblastocoelesblastocoelic

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Words
17 (10 common words)
Common example
backpedalled
Rare example
blastocoelic
Doubled letters
10
Ending in S
5
Most frequent letter
L (16)

Questions

How many 12-letter words matching b________l__ are there?

17. 10 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

BACKPEDALLED is among the common words in this set.