9-Letter Words Matching ____LW___

There are 13 9-letter words that match ____LW___. 3 are common words, such as METALWORK and SPILLWAYS. A rarer one is SHELLWORK. In this set, R is the most frequent open letter (10 words). 8 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 13

metalworkspillwayswhirlwindgrillworkjewelweedmetalwarenavelwortsteelworkwheelworkcrawlwaysdevilwoodquillworkshellwork

About this list

Words
13 (3 common words)
Common example
metalwork
Rare example
shellwork
Doubled letters
8
Ending in S
2
Most frequent letter
R (10)

Questions

How many 9-letter words matching ____lw___ are there?

13. 3 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

METALWORK is among the common words in this set.