Can you read in reverse?
There are multiple ways to read in reverse. Try it below!
Then see if you can read the story at the bottom :)
Option 1
Reversing the words in a sentence, but keeping the letters in the proper order. This one is the easiest. Here’s an example sentence:
.cat average your not was Whiskers.
Option 2
Reversing the letters in the words, but keeping the words in proper order. This one’s tricky because a lot of English words turn into other words when they’re written in reverse, even if they’re not palindromes. Here’s an example sentence:
sreksihW saw ton ruoy egareva tac.
Option 3
Reversing the letters in the words, and reversing the words in the sentence. Here’s an example sentence:
.tac egareva ruoy ton saw sreksihW
Heads up
Wanna try writing a secret note to your friend in reverse?
If you write a note with paragraphs, you need to decide if the paragraph’s sentences will read from bottom-to-top in reverse chronological order, or if the paragraph’s sentences will read from top-to-bottom in regular chronological order.
Or, you can keep it simple and just write one sentence at a time without any paragraphs.
Try it now ⬇
See if you can read the story below!
Stump your friends — see if they can read the story below. It was written with Reverse Reading: Option 3. Be careful — You also have to read each paragraph from bottom-to-top for it to make any sense!
epacsE taerG eht dna sreksihW
.dnoyeb dlrow eht erolpxe ot degnol ehS .seert eht hguorht ecnad dniw eht dna swodniw eht yb rettulf sdrib eht hctaw dluow ehs ,yad yrevE .esuoh elttil reh fo sllaw eht dnoyeb gnihtemos—erom gnihtemos fo demaerd syawla dah sreksihW tub ,ylraed reh devol ohw ylimaf a htiw emoh yzoc a ni devil ehS .tac egareva ruoy ton saw sreksihW
.decitonnu ,gninepo eht hguorht deppils dna rood eht drawot dehsad ehs ,thguoht dnoces a tuohtiW !ecnahc reh saw sihT .pu dekrep srae reH .raja rood eht gnivael ,tuo deirruh ylimaf reh dna ,nepo dekaerc rood tnorf ehT .lausunu gnihtemos draeh ehs ,wodniw eht yb maebnus eht ni ylizal deppan sreksihW sa ,noonretfa nmutua psirc enO
”.kcab uoy dael lliw tI .noom eht wolloF“ .deddon dna deknilb lwo ehT
.thgil elap eht yb dediug ,spets reh decarter ehs ,ylerus tub ylwolS .noom gnisir eht no seye reh gnipeek ,ecivda s’lwo eht dewollof sreksihW ,lufetarG
.erutnevda s’yad eht morf tnemeticxe htiw gnicar traeh reh ,wodniw eht yb tops etirovaf reh ni pu delruc sreksihW .reh dniheb tuhs dekcilc rood eht sa tsuj esuoh reh otni kcab deppils ehS .seert eht hguorht gnipeews saw gnineve eht fo ezeerb looc tsrif eht dna ,evoba gnilkniwt erew srats eht ,dray reh dehcaer ehs emit eht yB
.niaga nepo saw rood eht sa noos sa tsuj—serutnevda erom no og d’ehs wenk sreksihW ,peels ot ffo detfird ehs sa dnA
.revo koot ytisoiruc reh neht tub ,ni lla ti gnikaos ,llits doots ehs ,tnemom a roF !gnillirht saw tI .sdrib fo sllac tnatsid eht dna sevael fo gniltsur eht raeh dluoc ehS .dliw dna hserf dellems ria ehT .looc dna tfos tlef swap reh rednu ssarg ehT .wodniw reh fo ytefas eht morf devresbo reve ylno dah ehs dlrow a ni flesreh dnuof sreksihW
.gninnigeb tsuj saw erutnevda eht dna ,erofeb raf siht neeb reven dah ehS .sdoow eht otni gnidael lennut neddih ,llams a ni flesreh dnuof dna stoor eht ni pag a hguorht dezeeuqs sreksihW .yhtrae dellems dna pmad saw dnuorg ehT .eno otni daeh reh dekop ehs dna ,slennut ekil devruc stoor s’eert ehT .tnemeticxe htiw gnikcilf liat reh ,dray eht ni eert kao egral eht drawot detrad ehS
.saw dlrow eht tsav woh dezilaer ehs erom eht ,tnew ehs rehtruf ehT .ssalg deniats ekil gniremmihs sgniw sti ,wodaem a hguorht ylfrettub a desahc ehS .kcans a sa tun a reh gnireffo ,reh ta yldeticxe derettahc ohw slerriuqs fo ylimaf a tem ehS .fo demaerd ylno dah ehs sgniht was sreksihW ,tserof eht otni repeed derutnev ehs sA
.yaw eht wonk t’ndid ehs tub ,emoh daeh ot emit saw ti wenk ehS .selprup dna sknip htiw yks eht gnitniap ,tes ot gninnigeb saw nus ehT .retaw hserf ,looc eht knird ot desuap ehs erehw ,maerts gnilkraps a dessorc ehS .roolf tserof eht tsniaga tfos swap reh ,sruoh rof sdoow eht hguorht derednaw sreksihW
.ediw seye neerg reh ,deddon sreksihW .yltneg detooh lwo eht ”?eno elttil ,tsoL“ .hcnarb ybraen a no dehcrep lwo dlo esiw a ,tsol leef ot nageb sreksihW sa tsuJ
”.emoh teg ot woh wonk t’nod I tub“ ,dewoem ehs ”,raf derednaw ev’I“
