9-Letter Words Matching ____H_L__

There are 79 9-letter words that match ____H_L__. 27 are common words, such as ALCOHOLIC and ANOPHELES. A rarer one is ZOOPHILIC. In this set, S is the most frequent open letter (58 words). 37 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 79

Common words

alcoholicanophelesbungholescatchallsdeathblowdownhillsdunghillseggshellsepitheliafoothillsfootholdsfreeholds
alcoholicanophelesbungholescatchallsdeathblowdownhillsdunghillseggshellsepitheliafoothillsfootholdsfreeholdshandheldshandholdshellholesknotholesloopholesmarshaledmolehillsnutshellspeepholesperiheliaportholesseashellssinkholeswithholdswormholesantihelixblowholesboltholesboreholescopyholdshatcheledlyophilicmarshalermatchplaynarghilesnymphalidpestholesplugholespostholessubphylumtrochilusanetholescoalholesepochallyerewhilesfeedholesfirehallsgildhallsgunkholedgunkholeskeelhaledkeelhaleskneeholesloopholedlyophiledmarshalcymarshallsmelphalanmonohullsnarwhalesneophiliaoverholdsoxyphilesoxyphilicpoolhallsprechillsprothallirakehellsrakehellyrootholdssidehillssubshellsturnhallswellholeszoophileszoophiliczoophilia

About this list

Words
79 (27 common words)
Common example
alcoholic
Rare example
zoophilic
Doubled letters
37
Ending in S
54
Most frequent letter
S (58)

Questions

How many 9-letter words matching ____h_l__ are there?

79. 27 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ALCOHOLIC is among the common words in this set.