6-Letter Words Matching ___U_L

There are 18 6-letter words that match ___U_L. 12 are common words, such as ACTUAL and ANNUAL. A rarer one is UPCURL. In this set, A is the most frequent open letter (10 words). 1 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 18

actualannualcasualmanualmutualrefuelritualsequeluncurlunfurlvisualnagualtoluolungualmutueltoluylupcurlsexual

About this list

Words
18 (12 common words)
Common example
actual
Rare example
upcurl
Doubled letters
1
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
A (10)

Questions

How many 6-letter words matching ___u_l are there?

18. 12 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ACTUAL is among the common words in this set.