8-Letter Words Matching _____UG_

There are 19 8-letter words that match _____UG_. 8 are common words, such as ALTHOUGH and EARPLUGS. A rarer one is ZASTRUGI. In this set, S is the most frequent open letter (14 words). 2 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 19

althoughearplugsfirebugsfurloughhiccoughladybugsquahaugsthoroughsastrugabearhugsbillbugsgoldbugslovebugsmisgaugeoutlaughsastrugitautaugszastrugazastrugi

About this list

Words
19 (8 common words)
Common example
although
Rare example
zastrugi
Doubled letters
2
Ending in S
9
Most frequent letter
S (14)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching _____ug_ are there?

19. 8 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ALTHOUGH is among the common words in this set.