8-Letter Words Matching ____L_W_

There are 17 8-letter words that match ____L_W_. 6 are common words, such as AIRFLOWS and DEWCLAWS. A rarer one is TREELAWN. In this set, O is the most frequent open letter (14 words). 3 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 17

airflowsdewclawsflyblownoutflowsshallowsswallowsmudflowswhitlowsairglowscatclawsdayglowsflyblowsoutflownoutglowsoverlewdsunglowstreelawn

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Words
17 (6 common words)
Common example
airflows
Rare example
treelawn
Doubled letters
3
Ending in S
13
Most frequent letter
O (14)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ____l_w_ are there?

17. 6 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

AIRFLOWS is among the common words in this set.