6 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
originFrom Japanese 旅館(りょかん) (ryokan), which is from Middle Chinese 旅館 (MC ljoX kwanH, “inn, traveller's lodge”). Compare modern Chinese 旅館/旅馆 (lǚguǎn, “hotel”), from 旅 (lǚ, “travel”) + 館/馆 (guǎn, “lodging-house”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0