4 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
originFrom Chinese 波霸 (bōbà), from Cantonese 波霸 (bo1 baa3, “tapioca pearls” [literally: “big balls]”), from 波 (bo1) (itself from English ball) and 霸 (baa3, “chief, top”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0