8-Letter Words Matching ___LG___

There are 12 8-letter words that match ___LG___. 4 are common words, such as AMALGAMS and BALLGAME. A rarer one is OTALGIES. In this set, A is the most frequent open letter (11 words). 5 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 12

amalgamsballgametailgatetollgateballgirlballgownfeelgoodmyalgiasotalgiasrealgarsanalgiasotalgies

About this list

Words
12 (4 common words)
Common example
amalgams
Rare example
otalgies
Doubled letters
5
Ending in S
6
Most frequent letter
A (11)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ___lg___ are there?

12. 4 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

AMALGAMS is among the common words in this set.