carpetbagger
NOUN
/kɑrpɪt,bæɡər/
12 LETTERS · 4 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH C
carpetbagger is a valid 12-letter word worth 20 points in Scrabble and 25 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
C3A1R1P3E1T1B3A1G2G2E1R1
3 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 1 =20 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 40TRIPLE WORD → 60
MEANING
What does carpetbagger mean?
NOUN · 1 SENSE
1
An outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously.
“after the Civil War the carpetbaggers from the north tried to take over the south”
BROADER