8-Letter Words Matching U____U__

There are 16 8-letter words that match U____U__. 3 are common words, such as UNSTRUNG and UPTHRUST. A rarer one is UTRICULI. In this set, N is the most frequent open letter (13 words). 1 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 16

unstrungupthrusturaniumsungroundunissuedunsexualunsprungunvaluedusufructunargueduncloudsunimbuedunitrustunshrunkupsprungutriculi

About this list

Words
16 (3 common words)
Common example
unstrung
Rare example
utriculi
Doubled letters
1
Ending in S
2
Most frequent letter
N (13)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching u____u__ are there?

16. 3 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

UNSTRUNG is among the common words in this set.