8-Letter Words Matching P_____P_

There are 17 8-letter words that match P_____P_. 3 are common words, such as PALMTOPS and PARSNIPS. A rarer one is PROCARPS. In this set, A is the most frequent open letter (12 words). 0 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 17

palmtopsparsnipspayslipspericopepreadaptpalshipspasteupspinesapspogonipspolytypepraecipepreadoptpreshapeprewrapsprincipeprincipiprocarps

About this list

Words
17 (3 common words)
Common example
palmtops
Rare example
procarps
Doubled letters
0
Ending in S
9
Most frequent letter
A (12)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching p_____p_ are there?

17. 3 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

PALMTOPS is among the common words in this set.