Definitions For Backward
adjective
- Directed or facing toward the back or rear
- (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature
adjective
- Having made less than normal progress
- Retarded in intellectual development
adverb
- In or to or toward a past time
- At or to or toward the back or rear
- In a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal
verb
- Toward the back : to or toward what is behind
- Opposite to the usual way : in reverse
- Toward the past
Is Backward a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
20
Words with Friends
22
The word Backward is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Backward in a Sentence
- A sudden movement backward, not forward
- I heard a noise behind me and glanced backward.
- He pushed the throttle backward.
- A technologically backward village that has no running water
- A backward turn on ice skates is hard to learn because you can't see where you're going