Dictionary Check: backward
"backward" is a valid word!
Scrabble
20
points
Words with Friends
22
points
Definition
adjective
directed or facing toward the back or rear
Example:
"a backward view"
adjective
(used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature
Example:
"a backward lover"
adjective
retarded in intellectual development
adjective
having made less than normal progress
Example:
"an economically backward country"
adverb
at or to or toward the back or rear
Example:
"he moved back"
adverb
in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal
Example:
"it's easy to get the ‘i’ and the ‘e’ backward in words like ‘seize’ and ‘siege’"
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