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CARPETBAG
Definition of CARPETBAG
noun
A traveling bag made from scraps of carpet and widely used in the United States (and elsewhere) in the 19 century.
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Where it comes from
From carpet + bag.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CARPETBAG · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CARPETBAG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 128, 25 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 50, 9 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CARPETBAG starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AABCEGPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start CARPET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found CARPETBAG?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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