8-Letter Words Matching ____I__L

There are 140 8-letter words that match ____I__L. 45 are common words, such as ARCHIVAL and ATYPICAL. A rarer one is VIATICAL. In this set, A is the most frequent open letter (128 words). 13 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 140

Common words

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Words
140 (45 common words)
Common example
archival
Rare example
viatical
Doubled letters
13
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
A (128)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ____i__l are there?

140. 45 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ARCHIVAL is among the common words in this set.