8-Letter Words Matching ____EL__

There are 172 8-letter words that match ____EL__. 65 are common words, such as BACHELOR and BARBELLS. A rarer one is WERGELTS. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (111 words). 70 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 172

Common words

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About this list

Words
172 (65 common words)
Common example
bachelor
Rare example
wergelts
Doubled letters
70
Ending in S
37
Most frequent letter
E (111)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ____el__ are there?

172. 65 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

BACHELOR is among the common words in this set.