8 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
originFrom Latin propolis, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek πρόπολις (própolis, “suburb; propolis”) (apparently because the material was used by bees to extend their hives), from Ancient Greek προ- (pro-, “pro-”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0