6-Letter Words Matching G____L

There are 18 6-letter words that match G____L. 8 are common words, such as GAMBOL and GENIAL. A rarer one is GOORAL. In this set, A is the most frequent open letter (9 words). 4 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 18

gambolgenialgerbilglobalgospelgravelgrovelgunnelgavialgimbalgimmalglycolgoogolgunselgentilgingalglycylgooral

About this list

Words
18 (8 common words)
Common example
gambol
Rare example
gooral
Doubled letters
4
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
A (9)

Questions

How many 6-letter words matching g____l are there?

18. 8 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

GAMBOL is among the common words in this set.