6 letters ยท 11 points in Scrabble
originFrom Reagan's role as George "the Gipper" Gipp (1895โ1920) in the 1940 film Knute Rockne, All American, which lead to him acquiring the nickname "the Gipper" (from Gipp + -er), later popularized by the media during his presidency.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0