7-Letter Words Matching ___LP__

There are 13 7-letter words that match ___LP__. 6 are common words, such as BULLPEN and SCALPED. A rarer one is SKELPIT. In this set, S is the most frequent open letter (9 words). 1 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 13

bullpenscalpedscalpelscalpersculptswhelpedsculpincoalpitfowlpoxsculpedshilpitskelpedskelpit

About this list

Words
13 (6 common words)
Common example
bullpen
Rare example
skelpit
Doubled letters
1
Ending in S
1
Most frequent letter
S (9)

Questions

How many 7-letter words matching ___lp__ are there?

13. 6 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

BULLPEN is among the common words in this set.