6-Letter Words Matching U_P___

There are 18 6-letter words that match U_P___. 11 are common words, such as UMPING and UMPIRE. A rarer one is UPPROP. In this set, N is the most frequent open letter (12 words). 6 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 18

umpingumpireunpackunpaidunpickunpinsunpluguppersuppinguppishuppityunpileunpegsunpensunpentunpureuppileupprop

About this list

Words
18 (11 common words)
Common example
umping
Rare example
upprop
Doubled letters
6
Ending in S
4
Most frequent letter
N (12)

Questions

How many 6-letter words matching u_p___ are there?

18. 11 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

UMPING is among the common words in this set.