8 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
noun English colonist in America; leader of the Pilgrims in the early days of the Plymouth Colony (1584-1656)
originFrom Middle English standisshe, standys, standyshe, stantif, stantys, staundische, staundys, stauntyff, stauntys, stonndis, stontis, possibly equivalent to stand (noun or verb) + -ish (forms with -f may be substantival uses of Middle English stantif (“standing”)).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0