6-Letter Words Matching _V_L__

There are 12 6-letter words that match _V_L__. 9 are common words, such as EVILER and EVILLY. A rarer one is OVOLOS. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (7 words). 2 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 12

evilerevillyevolveovularovulessvelteuvulaeuvularuvulasavulseovallyovolos

About this list

Words
12 (9 common words)
Common example
eviler
Rare example
ovolos
Doubled letters
2
Ending in S
3
Most frequent letter
E (7)

Questions

How many 6-letter words matching _v_l__ are there?

12. 9 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

EVILER is among the common words in this set.