8 letters · 24 points in Scrabble
noun an informal conversation
verb talk idly or casually and in a friendly way
originBorrowed from Yiddish שמועס (shmues), from Hebrew שְׁמוּעוֹת (sh'mu'ót), plural of שְׁמוּעָה (sh'mu'á, “report, piece of news, rumor”). Cognate with German schmusen (“to cuddle”, older “to flirt, flatter, schmooze”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0