8-Letter Words Matching ____L__A

There are 19 8-letter words that match ____L__A. 8 are common words, such as ALLELUIA and ANGELICA. A rarer one is ZOOGLOEA. In this set, A is the most frequent open letter (16 words). 10 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 19

alleluiaangelicabasilicacamelliadjellabamaiolicamajolicasemolinabuddleiacattleyacoxalgiaachilleajavelinalavalavamamaligaquillaiaquillajashillalazoogloea

About this list

Words
19 (8 common words)
Common example
alleluia
Rare example
zoogloea
Doubled letters
10
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
A (16)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ____l__a are there?

19. 8 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ALLELUIA is among the common words in this set.