carpetbag

carpetbag is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A portable bag for travelers; -- so called because originally made of carpet. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 20 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A portable bag for travelers; -- so called because originally made of carpet.
2. noun. traveling bag made of carpet; widely used in 19th century
3. adjective. presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality

   "a carpetbag stranger"

   "a capetbag politician"

   Synonyms: carpetbagging

4. adjective. following the practices or characteristic of carpetbaggers

   "carpetbag adventurers"

   "a carpetbag government"

Synonyms

carpetbagging

Common word forms

carpetbags, carpetbagged, carpetbagger, carpetbagging

Words from these letters

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