7 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
originFrom an unknown Algonquian word, sometimes suggested to be one meaning "opening out" (the widening of a river, related to Ojibwe baakisin (“it is left open”)), or "swamp on a hill". Alternatively, perhaps related to Abenaki pôgwaso (“very shallow”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0