9 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
originEtymology tree Proto-Germanic *taglą Proto-West Germanic *tagl Old English tæġl Middle English tayl English tail Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel English tailwheel From tail + wheel.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0