5-Letter Words Matching __U_L

There are 13 5-letter words that match __U_L. 8 are common words, such as CHURL and CRUEL. A rarer one is THURL. In this set, R is the most frequent open letter (6 words). 5 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 13

churlcruelequalgruelknurlscullskullusualstulltrullahulljoualthurl

About this list

Words
13 (8 common words)
Common example
churl
Rare example
thurl
Doubled letters
5
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
R (6)

Questions

How many 5-letter words matching __u_l are there?

13. 8 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

CHURL is among the common words in this set.