8-Letter Words Matching ___L___A

There are 31 8-letter words that match ___L___A. 7 are common words, such as APOLOGIA and DJELLABA. A rarer one is SHILLALA. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (25 words). 17 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 31

Common words

apologiadjellabadyslexiaeffluviagalleriakielbasapellagraadulariaanalectaanalemmaballistaburletta
apologiadjellabadyslexiaeffluviagalleriakielbasapellagraadulariaanalectaanalemmaballistaburlettacollegiadiplegiadiplopiadyslaliadyslogiaecclesiatrilemmaaceldamachalaziacolluviacollyriahaplopiapalladiapheloniapolliniaquillaiaquillajascoliomashillala

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Words
31 (7 common words)
Common example
apologia
Rare example
shillala
Doubled letters
17
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
I (25)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ___l___a are there?

31. 7 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

APOLOGIA is among the common words in this set.