j 8 i 1 g 2 a 1 b 3 o 1 o 1
7 letters · 17 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person
originPossibly an African word akin to Bantu tshikabo (“they bow the head docilely”). Alternatively, perhaps from jig, formed similarly to bug and bugaboo.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0