7 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
noun the chief sun god; drives away winter and storms and brightens the earth with greenery; drives away evil and brings justice and compassion
originFrom Hebrew שַׁמָּשׁ (shamásh, “waiter, sexton”). Doublet of shammes, via Yiddish.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0