7-Letter Words Matching _B_L___

There are 12 7-letter words that match _B_L___. 4 are common words, such as ABALONE and ABILITY. A rarer one is OBELISM. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (10 words). 1 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 12

abaloneabilityabolishobeliskabuliasobelizeabelianabeliasabollaeobeliasobeliseobelism

About this list

Words
12 (4 common words)
Common example
abalone
Rare example
obelism
Doubled letters
1
Ending in S
3
Most frequent letter
I (10)

Questions

How many 7-letter words matching _b_l___ are there?

12. 4 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ABALONE is among the common words in this set.