BACKWARDS

9 letters 21 Scrabble points /ˈbæk.wə(ɹ)dz/

Definition of BACKWARDS

adjective

  1. Oriented toward the back.

    "The battleship had three backwards guns at the stern, in addition to the primary complement."

  2. Reversed.

    "The backwards lettering on emergency vehicles makes it possible to read in the rear-view mirror."

  3. Behind current trends or technology.

    "Modern medicine regards the use of leeches as a backwards practice."

Related words: crude dated obsolete primitive awkward fumbling incompetent poor

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters B A C K W A R D S
Length 9 letters
Scrabble Score 21 points

Anagrams of BACKWARDS

Words that use the same letters:

DRAWBACKS