7-Letter Words Matching ____GU_

There are 18 7-letter words that match ____GU_. 5 are common words, such as BLOWGUN and ECLOGUE. A rarer one is SLUMGUM. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (10 words). 0 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 18

blowgunecloguefatiguehandgunshotgunexergueforeguthindgutpiraguapiroguewiseguyantigunbluegumgariguemajaguarearguerebegunslumgum

About this list

Words
18 (5 common words)
Common example
blowgun
Rare example
slumgum
Doubled letters
0
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
E (10)

Questions

How many 7-letter words matching ____gu_ are there?

18. 5 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

BLOWGUN is among the common words in this set.