6 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
originBorrowing from New Latin choana, from Ancient Greek χοᾰ́νη (khoắnē, “funnel”), from χέω (khéō, “to pour”) + -ᾰ́νη (-ắnē, suffix for utensil names).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0