9-Letter Words Matching _____U__L

There are 18 9-letter words that match _____U__L. 3 are common words, such as CARROUSEL and INAUGURAL. A rarer one is SEMIRURAL. In this set, A is the most frequent open letter (16 words). 2 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 18

carrouselinauguralunnaturalaperturalarchducalcreaturalinvolucelnoncausalobloquialsulphurylthesauralavifaunalepifaunaljuncturalmyoneuralprefeudalrearousalsemirural

About this list

Words
18 (3 common words)
Common example
carrousel
Rare example
semirural
Doubled letters
2
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
A (16)

Questions

How many 9-letter words matching _____u__l are there?

18. 3 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

CARROUSEL is among the common words in this set.