5-Letter Words Matching __L_N

There are 17 5-letter words that match __L_N. 8 are common words, such as COLON and FELON. A rarer one is XYLAN. In this set, O is the most frequent open letter (14 words). 0 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 17

colonfelonhalonmelonnylonpylonsalontalonsolansolontolanuhlanyulanazloncolinpelonxylan

About this list

Words
17 (8 common words)
Common example
colon
Rare example
xylan
Doubled letters
0
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
O (14)

Questions

How many 5-letter words matching __l_n are there?

17. 8 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

COLON is among the common words in this set.