9-Letter Words Matching ____UG___

There are 16 9-letter words that match ____UG___. 5 are common words, such as CONJUGATE and CORRUGATE. A rarer one is THROUGHLY. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (11 words). 7 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 16

conjugatecorrugatehumbuggedsubjugateunpluggedconjugacyhumbuggermeshugaasunijugatebedruggedconjugantmeshuggahnonsugarsregaugingscrougingthroughly

About this list

Words
16 (5 common words)
Common example
conjugate
Rare example
throughly
Doubled letters
7
Ending in S
2
Most frequent letter
E (11)

Questions

How many 9-letter words matching ____ug___ are there?

16. 5 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

CONJUGATE is among the common words in this set.