9-Letter Words Matching _F_L_____

There are 12 9-letter words that match _F_L_____. 8 are common words, such as AFFLICTED and AFFLUENCE. A rarer one is EFFLUXION. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (11 words). 10 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 12

afflictedaffluenceeffluenceeffluentseffluviumoffloadedufologiesufologisteffluvialaffluencyaffluentseffluxion

About this list

Words
12 (8 common words)
Common example
afflicted
Rare example
effluxion
Doubled letters
10
Ending in S
3
Most frequent letter
E (11)

Questions

How many 9-letter words matching _f_l_____ are there?

12. 8 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

AFFLICTED is among the common words in this set.