ADJECTIVE
  • Definition - Oriented toward the back.
  • Example - The battleship had three backwards guns at the stern, in addition to the primary complement.
  • Definition - Reversed.
  • Example - The backwards lettering on emergency vehicles makes it possible to read in the rear-view mirror.
  • Definition - Behind current trends or technology.
  • Example - Modern medicine regards the use of leeches as a backwards practice.
  • Definition - Clumsy, inept, or inefficient, especially in learning.
  • Example - He was a very backwards scholar, but he was a marvel on the football field.
Words in your word
9 Letter Words
backwards 21 drawbacks 21
8 Letter Words
backward 20 drawback 20
7 Letter Words
backsaw 18
6 Letter Words
wracks 15 scrawb 13 kabars 12 awards 10 barcas 10 scarab 10
5 Letter Words
bawks 14 wacks 14 wrack 14 aback 13 backs 13 dawks 13 warks 12 barks 11 bawds 11 carks 11 kabar 11 kbars 11 racks 11 braws 10 craws 10 darks 10 araks 9 award 9 barca 9 carbs 9 crabs 9 draws 9 sward 9 wards 9 bards 8 brads 8 cards 8 darbs 8 drabs 8 sabra 7 sacra 7
4 Letter Words
bawk 13 wack 13 back 12 dawk 12 wark 11 bark 10 bask 10 bawd 10 cark 10 cask 10 kabs 10 kbar 10 rack 10 sack 10 braw 9 caws 9 craw 9 daks 9 dark 9 swab 9 wabs 9 arak 8 arks 8 cabs 8 carb 8 crab 8 daws 8 draw 8 kaas 8 sark 8 scab 8 wads 8 ward 8 bads 7 bard 7 brad 7 cads 7 card 7 dabs 7 darb 7 drab 7 raws 7 scad 7 wars 7 abas 6 arbs 6 arcs 6 baas 6 bars 6 bras 6
3 Letter Words
kab 9 caw 8 dak 8 wab 8 ark 7 ask 7 cab 7 daw 7 kas 7 ska 7 wad 7 awa 6 bad 6 cad 6 dab 6 raw 6 saw 6 war 6 was 6 aba 5 abs 5 arb 5 arc 5 baa 5 bar 5 bas 5 bra 5 car 5 sab 5 sac 5 ads 4 das 4 rad 4 sad 4 aas 3 ars 3 ras 3
2 Letter Words
ka 6 aw 5 ab 4 ba 4 ad 3 da 3 aa 2 ar 2 as 2
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