9-Letter Words Matching _____L_L_

There are 17 9-letter words that match _____L_L_. 5 are common words, such as DAMSELFLY and HOSTILELY. A rarer one is SUBTILELY. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (15 words). 3 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 17

damselflyhostilelyparallelsunworldlywaterlilybrittlelyfertilelyfragilelypetiolulepuerilelyservilelysewellelssterilelytactilelymethylalssantalolssubtilely

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Words
17 (5 common words)
Common example
damselfly
Rare example
subtilely
Doubled letters
3
Ending in S
4
Most frequent letter
E (15)

Questions

How many 9-letter words matching _____l_l_ are there?

17. 5 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

DAMSELFLY is among the common words in this set.