8-Letter Words Ending in LON

There are 12 8-letter words that end in LON. 3 are common words, such as BIATHLON and BOUILLON. A rarer one is PROPYLON. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (8 words). 7 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 12

biathlonbouilloncarillonabutilongonfalonpapilloncanneloncotillondiobolonmoufflonpavillonpropylon

About this list

Words
12 (3 common words)
Common example
biathlon
Rare example
propylon
Doubled letters
7
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
I (8)

Questions

How many 8-letter words ending in lon are there?

12. 3 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

BIATHLON is among the common words in this set.