8 letters · 21 points in Scrabble
noun a sharp barbed hook for catching fish
originFrom Middle English fisch-hook, from Old English *fischōc (“fishhook”), equivalent to fish + hook. Cognate with Dutch vishaak (“fishhook”). In the sense of a jack (playing card), refers to the shape of the letter J on the card.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0