8-Letter Words Matching __I___P_

There are 18 8-letter words that match __I___P_. 7 are common words, such as BUILDUPS and CHIRRUPS. A rarer one is TRIMORPH. In this set, R is the most frequent open letter (11 words). 3 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 18

buildupschirrupsepigraphmaintopsstickupsstirrupstailpipechirrupyepicarpstriglyphtrigraphepiscopehaircapsprincipeprincipishiplapsthiotepatrimorph

About this list

Words
18 (7 common words)
Common example
buildups
Rare example
trimorph
Doubled letters
3
Ending in S
8
Most frequent letter
R (11)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching __i___p_ are there?

18. 7 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

BUILDUPS is among the common words in this set.