6-Letter Words Matching _P_U__

There are 13 6-letter words that match _P_U__. 6 are common words, such as OPIUMS and SPOUSE. A rarer one is UPCURL. In this set, S is the most frequent open letter (10 words). 1 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 13

opiumsspousespoutssprucesprungupturnoppugnspruesspruikuprushsprucysprugsupcurl

About this list

Words
13 (6 common words)
Common example
opiums
Rare example
upcurl
Doubled letters
1
Ending in S
4
Most frequent letter
S (10)

Questions

How many 6-letter words matching _p_u__ are there?

13. 6 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

OPIUMS is among the common words in this set.