8-Letter Words Matching ___F___L

There are 21 8-letter words that match ___F___L. 5 are common words, such as DAFFODIL and GOOFBALL. A rarer one is TAFFEREL. In this set, A is the most frequent open letter (18 words). 7 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 21

daffodilgoofballnonfatalpuffballtaffrailconfocalepifocalfurfuralselfhealtrifocaldeificalnonfinalnonfocalparfocalprefixalsuffixalsulfinylsulfonylsulfuryltaffareltafferel

About this list

Words
21 (5 common words)
Common example
daffodil
Rare example
tafferel
Doubled letters
7
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
A (18)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ___f___l are there?

21. 5 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

DAFFODIL is among the common words in this set.