When someone does something the wrong way round you might tell him: “This is the front, you’ve got the whole thing turned ________.”
| BACKWARDS | 358 |
| ASS-BACKWARDS | 177 |
| AROUND | 173 |
| BASS-ACKWARDS | 118 |
| BACKWARD | 35 |
| HINDSIDE-BEFORE | 34 |
| ASS-END-TO | 21 |
| NR | 16 |
| TOPSY-TURVY | 15 |
| ROUND | 13 |
| BACK-ASSWARDS | 11 |
| HIND-PART-BEFORE | 11 |
| UPSIDE-DOWN | 11 |
| INSIDE-OUT | 10 |
| WRONG | 10 |
| WRONG WAY | 9 |
| BACKSIDE-TO | 8 |
| COMPLETELY AROUND | 8 |
| HINDSIDE-TO | 8 |
| WRONG-SIDE-TO | 8 |
| CATAWAMPUS | 7 |
| OPPOSITE | 7 |
| BACK-END-TO | 6 |
| ABOUT | 5 |
| ASS-BACKWARD | 5 |
| WRONG-END-TO | 5 |
| AROUND BACKWARDS | 4 |
| BACKSIDE-FRONT | 4 |
| COCKEYED | 4 |
| HINDSIDE-FORE | 4 |
| HINDSIDE-FOREMOST | 4 |
| BASS-ACKWARD | 3 |
| REVERSED | 3 |
| TURNED AROUND | 3 |
| WRONG-SIDE-OUT | 3 |
| WRONG-WAY-ROUND | 3 |
| BACKARDS | 2 |
| BACK-ASSARDS | 2 |
| BACKSIDE-FOREMOST | 2 |
| BASS-ACKARDS | 2 |
| END-FOR-END | 2 |
| HIND-END-TO | 2 |
| LOPSIDED | 2 |
| RIGHT-BACKWARDS | 2 |
| ROUND ABOUT | 2 |
| ROUND BACKWARDS | 2 |
| TWISTED AROUND | 2 |
| WHOPPER-JAWED | 2 |
| ALL AROUND | 1 |
| ALL BACKWARDS | 1 |
| ALL JIWAMPUSED | 1 |
| ALL WRONG | 1 |
| AROUND THE BACK | 1 |
| AROUND WRONG | 1 |
| ARSE-END-TO | 1 |
| ASKEW | 1 |
| ASS-ACKWARDS | 1 |
| ASS-END-BACKWARDS | 1 |
| ASS-FRONTWARDS | 1 |
| ASSY-FUSSY | 1 |
| AWKWARD | 1 |
| AWRY | 1 |
| BACK-ACKARDS | 1 |
| BACK-ASS-BACKWARDS | 1 |
| BACK-ASSED | 1 |
| BACK-END-FOREMOST | 1 |
| BACK-FRONT | 1 |
| BACKSIDE-FIRST | 1 |
| BACKSIDE-FORTH | 1 |
| BACKSIDE-FORWARDS | 1 |
| BACK-TO-FRONT | 1 |
| BACKWARDS-IN | 1 |
| BACKWAYS | 1 |
| BOTTOM-SIDES-UP | 1 |
| BOTTOM-SIDE-UP | 1 |
| BOTTOM-UPWARDS | 1 |
| CART-BEFORE-THE-HORSE | 1 |
| CATAGORRICKY | 1 |
| CATERBIAS | 1 |
| CLEAR AROUND | 1 |
| CLEAR ROUND | 1 |
| COMPLETELY OPPOSITE | 1 |
| COMPLETELY WRONG | 1 |
| CRANK-SIDED | 1 |
| CROOKED | 1 |
| FRONT-END-TO | 1 |
| FRONT-FOR-BACK | 1 |
| FRONT-SIDE-BACK | 1 |
| HALF-ASSED-BACKWARDS | 1 |
| HARD WAY | 1 |
| HARDEST WAY | 1 |
| HAYWIRE | 1 |
| HEADFIRST | 1 |
| HELTER-SKELTER | 1 |
| HILLS UPWARD | 1 |
| HIND-PART-FORE | 1 |
| HINDSIDE-FORWARD | 1 |
| HINDSIDE-OUT | 1 |
| HINDSIDES-BEFORE | 1 |
| HIND-WAY-TO | 1 |
| HINDWISE | 1 |
| IN REVERSE | 1 |
| IN THE WRONG WAY AROUND | 1 |
| KAPAKAHI | 1 |
| KITTYWAMPUS | 1 |
| ON WRONG | 1 |
| OUTSIDE-IN | 1 |
| RASS-BACKWARDS | 1 |
| REAR-END-BACKWARDS | 1 |
| REVERSE | 1 |
| RIGHT-SIDE-BACKWARDS | 1 |
| ROUNDABOUT | 1 |
| SASS-BACKWARDS | 1 |
| SKY WEST AND CROOKED | 1 |
| SLAUNCHWISE | 1 |
| SQUEEGEE | 1 |
| TAIL-END-TO | 1 |
| TIPSY-TURVY | 1 |
| TOTHER-END-BACKWARDS | 1 |
| TOTHER-END-TO | 1 |
| TOTHER-WAY-WHICH | 1 |
| TURTLE | 1 |
| TWISTED | 1 |
| UP-SIDE-DOWN | 1 |
| WHOMPER-JAWED | 1 |
| WRONG AND WRONG | 1 |
| WRONGS TO OUTARDS | 1 |
| WRONG-SIDE | 1 |
| WRONG-SIDE-OUTWARDS | 1 |
| WRONG-SIDE-ROUND | 1 |
| WRONG-WAY-ON | 1 |
| WRONG-WAY-TO | 1 |
| YOU’VE DONE THAT OPPOSITE | 1 |
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