8-Letter Words Matching _P_____L

There are 20 8-letter words that match _P_____L. 8 are common words, such as APPROVAL and OPTIONAL. A rarer one is UPROOTAL. In this set, A is the most frequent open letter (16 words). 5 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 20

approvaloptionalspadefulspectralspitballspitefulspoonfulupheavalepicotylepiduralepifocalspandrelapologalepisomalspandrilsplenialsportfulspringalspurgalluprootal

About this list

Words
20 (8 common words)
Common example
approval
Rare example
uprootal
Doubled letters
5
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
A (16)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching _p_____l are there?

20. 8 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

APPROVAL is among the common words in this set.