9-Letter Words Matching _____L_P_

There are 18 9-letter words that match _____L_P_. 4 are common words, such as ESCALLOPS and INTERLOPE. A rarer one is UNDERLAPS. In this set, S is the most frequent open letter (16 words). 1 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 18

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Words
18 (4 common words)
Common example
escallops
Rare example
underlaps
Doubled letters
1
Ending in S
13
Most frequent letter
S (16)

Questions

How many 9-letter words matching _____l_p_ are there?

18. 4 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ESCALLOPS is among the common words in this set.