9-Letter Words Matching ____F__L_

There are 74 9-letter words that match ____F__L_. 50 are common words, such as BACKFIELD and BALEFULLY. A rarer one is WOOLFELLS. In this set, L is the most frequent open letter (59 words). 61 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 74

Common words

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Words
74 (50 common words)
Common example
backfield
Rare example
woolfells
Doubled letters
61
Ending in S
20
Most frequent letter
L (59)

Questions

How many 9-letter words matching ____f__l_ are there?

74. 50 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

BACKFIELD is among the common words in this set.