12-Letter Words Matching P_________G_

There are 30 12-letter words that match P_________G_. 9 are common words, such as PAINSTAKINGS and PALEONTOLOGY. A rarer one is PREDISCHARGE. In this set, A is the most frequent open letter (24 words). 3 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 30

Common words

painstakingspaleontologyparaglidingsparasailingspawnbrokingspeacemakingspharmacologypolitickingsprogrammingspaleobiologypaleoecologypaleozoology
painstakingspaleontologyparaglidingsparasailingspawnbrokingspeacemakingspharmacologypolitickingsprogrammingspaleobiologypaleoecologypaleozoologyparasitologypatrilineagepharyngologyphotomontagephytobiologypneumatologyprintmakingsprotozoologypapermakingsparalanguagepathfindingspathobiologyphotobiologyphotogeologyplatemakingsplaywritingsposteditingspredischarge

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Words
30 (9 common words)
Common example
painstakings
Rare example
predischarge
Doubled letters
3
Ending in S
13
Most frequent letter
A (24)

Questions

How many 12-letter words matching p_________g_ are there?

30. 9 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

PAINSTAKINGS is among the common words in this set.