8-Letter Words Matching ____G__L

There are 20 8-letter words that match ____G__L. 6 are common words, such as BLUEGILL and INTEGRAL. A rarer one is SPURGALL. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (15 words). 5 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 20

bluegillintegralnewsgirlplaygirlshowgirlwrongfulballgirlhomegirlhypogealsyzygialwindgalleffigialexergualpatagialpelagialperigealpodagralremigialshopgirlspurgall

About this list

Words
20 (6 common words)
Common example
bluegill
Rare example
spurgall
Doubled letters
5
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
I (15)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ____g__l are there?

20. 6 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

BLUEGILL is among the common words in this set.