9 letters · 21 points in Scrabble
adverb at or to or toward the back or rear
adverb in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal
originFrom Middle English bakwardis, bakwardis, a variant of Middle English bakwarde, bakward (“backward”). Equivalent to backward + -s. Compare Saterland Frisian bäkove (“backwards”).
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