9-Letter Words Matching ____NL___

There are 17 9-letter words that match ____NL___. 8 are common words, such as BRAINLESS and CLEANLIER. A rarer one is WOMANLESS. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (16 words). 9 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 17

brainlesscleanlierqueenlierstainlesstrainloadunmanlierwomanlierwomanlikegreenlingqueenlikebairnliercrownlessgreenletshumanlikethornlessthornlikewomanless

About this list

Words
17 (8 common words)
Common example
brainless
Rare example
womanless
Doubled letters
9
Ending in S
6
Most frequent letter
E (16)

Questions

How many 9-letter words matching ____nl___ are there?

17. 8 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

BRAINLESS is among the common words in this set.