5-Letter Words Matching __N_L

There are 16 5-letter words that match __N_L. 11 are common words, such as ANNUL and BANAL. A rarer one is VINAL. In this set, A is the most frequent open letter (13 words). 2 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 16

annulbanalcanalfinalpanelpenalrenaltonalvenalvinylzonalannalbinaldynelnonylvinal

About this list

Words
16 (11 common words)
Common example
annul
Rare example
vinal
Doubled letters
2
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
A (13)

Questions

How many 5-letter words matching __n_l are there?

16. 11 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ANNUL is among the common words in this set.