backwardwriting
nounUK /ˈbækwədˌraɪtɪŋ/
US /ˈbækwərdˌraɪtɪŋ/
Backward writing is when you write words from right to left instead of left to right.
The teacher showed us backward writing by writing our names so they looked like mirror images.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A style of writing in which letters are formed in reverse order, often used as a puzzle or code.
The secret note was in backward writing, so we had to read it in a mirror.
3. The act of writing a word or sentence starting from the last letter and moving to the first.
He practiced backward writing by spelling 'cat' as 'tac'.
4. A learning exercise where children write from the end of a line toward the beginning.
Backward writing helps some kids understand how letters are shaped.