Scrabble?! BACKWARD

Definitions of BACKWARD in various dictionaries:

adj - directed or facing toward the back or rear

adj - (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature

adj - retarded in intellectual development

adj - having made less than normal progress

adv - at or to or toward the back or rear

adv - in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal

adv - in or to or toward a past time

Directed or facing toward the back or rear.

Done or arranged in a manner or an order that is opposite to previous occurrence or normal use.

Unwilling to act; reluctant; shy.

Behind others in progress or development: The technology was backward, but the system worked.

To or toward the back or rear.

With the back leading.

In a reverse manner or order.

To, toward, or into the past.

Only backward is an adj ective: a backward view.

adv - toward the back