8-Letter Words Matching ____P__C

There are 13 8-letter words that match ____P__C. 6 are common words, such as ECLIPTIC and ELLIPTIC. A rarer one is SUBOPTIC. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (13 words). 1 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 13

eclipticellipticseraphicstrophicsynapticsynopticatrophicpanopticagraphicantipyicautopsiceupepticsuboptic

About this list

Words
13 (6 common words)
Common example
ecliptic
Rare example
suboptic
Doubled letters
1
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
I (13)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ____p__c are there?

13. 6 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ECLIPTIC is among the common words in this set.