6-Letter Words Matching _P_L__

There are 15 6-letter words that match _P_L__. 5 are common words, such as APPLES and APPLET. A rarer one is UPFLOW. In this set, S is the most frequent open letter (10 words). 6 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 15

applesappletepilogspellsspillsapollospilesapologspalesspallsspeltsspeltzspiledspilthupflow

About this list

Words
15 (5 common words)
Common example
apples
Rare example
upflow
Doubled letters
6
Ending in S
7
Most frequent letter
S (10)

Questions

How many 6-letter words matching _p_l__ are there?

15. 5 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

APPLES is among the common words in this set.