6-Letter Words Matching ___KU_

There are 16 6-letter words that match ___KU_. 10 are common words, such as BACKUP and BUNKUM. A rarer one is KICKUP. In this set, P is the most frequent open letter (13 words). 2 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 16

backupbunkumhookuplinkuplockupmarkupmockuppickupruckusworkuplookupcockupwalkupdinkumfuckupkickup

About this list

Words
16 (10 common words)
Common example
backup
Rare example
kickup
Doubled letters
2
Ending in S
1
Most frequent letter
P (13)

Questions

How many 6-letter words matching ___ku_ are there?

16. 10 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

BACKUP is among the common words in this set.