5-Letter Words Matching B___L

There are 22 5-letter words that match B___L. 12 are common words, such as BABEL and BAGEL. A rarer one is BORAL. In this set, A is the most frequent open letter (11 words). 1 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 22

babelbagelbanalbasalbasilberylbetelbevelbezelbowelbrawlbroilbabulbedelbinalbotelbrailbrillbubalbutylbezilboral

About this list

Words
22 (12 common words)
Common example
babel
Rare example
boral
Doubled letters
1
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
A (11)

Questions

How many 5-letter words matching b___l are there?

22. 12 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

BABEL is among the common words in this set.