6-Letter Words Matching _L__U_

There are 18 6-letter words that match _L__U_. 7 are common words, such as BLOWUP and CLAQUE. A rarer one is PLAGUY. In this set, A is the most frequent open letter (9 words). 1 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 18

blowupclaquecliqueflatusplagueplaqueplexusalliumblagueclavusclonusplenumslipupalarumcliquycloqueglomusplaguy

About this list

Words
18 (7 common words)
Common example
blowup
Rare example
plaguy
Doubled letters
1
Ending in S
5
Most frequent letter
A (9)

Questions

How many 6-letter words matching _l__u_ are there?

18. 7 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

BLOWUP is among the common words in this set.