6-Letter Words Matching _P___L

There are 17 6-letter words that match _P___L. 7 are common words, such as APICAL and APPALL. A rarer one is UPCURL. In this set, A is the most frequent open letter (11 words). 4 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 17

apicalappallappealspinalspiralsprawluphillapodalepicalspinelspitalupwellapnealsporalupboilupcoilupcurl

About this list

Words
17 (7 common words)
Common example
apical
Rare example
upcurl
Doubled letters
4
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
A (11)

Questions

How many 6-letter words matching _p___l are there?

17. 7 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

APICAL is among the common words in this set.