9-Letter Words Matching _L__W____

There are 20 9-letter words that match _L__W____. 8 are common words, such as ALLOWABLE and ALLOWABLY. A rarer one is SLOPWORKS. In this set, O is the most frequent open letter (15 words). 9 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 20

allowableallowablyallowanceelbowroomelsewhereflatwaresflatwormsglowwormsallowedlyalmswomanblueweedsclubwomanfleawortsslowwormsbluewoodsclamwormsclaywaresflatworksslipwaresslopworks

About this list

Words
20 (8 common words)
Common example
allowable
Rare example
slopworks
Doubled letters
9
Ending in S
12
Most frequent letter
O (15)

Questions

How many 9-letter words matching _l__w____ are there?

20. 8 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ALLOWABLE is among the common words in this set.