8-Letter Words Matching ____CU__

There are 48 8-letter words that match ____CU__. 14 are common words, such as CARACULS and HAIRCUTS. A rarer one is WELLCURB. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (28 words). 9 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 48

Common words

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About this list

Words
48 (14 common words)
Common example
caraculs
Rare example
wellcurb
Doubled letters
9
Ending in S
11
Most frequent letter
I (28)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ____cu__ are there?

48. 14 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

CARACULS is among the common words in this set.