7 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
noun an artist who paints
noun a worker who is employed to cover objects with paint
noun a line that is attached to the bow of a boat and used for tying up (as when docking or towing)
originFrom a variation of panther, paralleling other Southern pronunciations for can't and aunt (see ain't for more details).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0