9-Letter Words Matching ____L_W__

There are 14 9-letter words that match ____L_W__. 6 are common words, such as MAYFLOWER and SAFFLOWER. A rarer one is TREELAWNS. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (12 words). 8 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 14

mayflowersafflowershallowershallowlysunflowerswallowedbridlewaydayflowerswalloweroutflowedoutglowedscallywagshallowedtreelawns

About this list

Words
14 (6 common words)
Common example
mayflower
Rare example
treelawns
Doubled letters
8
Ending in S
1
Most frequent letter
E (12)

Questions

How many 9-letter words matching ____l_w__ are there?

14. 6 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

MAYFLOWER is among the common words in this set.