Make Text Come Out Backwards!

This is a very little known secret, but there is a special character that causes browsers to reverse the text it encounters. This feature exists so that right-to-left languages can be displayed, but it can be applied to languages like English!. This character is displayed by typing ‮ at the beginning of a sentence block. Here is a sample:

Source:

‮Wow, is it all backwards?

Comes out as:

‮Wow, is it all backwards?

Pretty neat huh? To see this in action, visit Google Loco with Firefox. Google Loco will use JavaScript to add this special character as the first character of the search term box. It is mostly invisible in regular browsers, although it can cause a strange square or space to appear at times.

175 Comments

  1. Jason says:

    ‮It works now! (:þ)(:þ)

  2. ‮WOOT! says:

    ‮THIS IS AWESOME LOOL

  3. J DIZZLE says:

    ‮Apparently it doesn’t work on myspace.

  4. combla says:

    ‮this is just weird lol…

  5. adfsdf says:

    ‮Wow, is it all backwards?

  6. synide says:

    ‮Wow, is it all backwards? oppositeday.net

  7. Dalton says:

    ‮huh does it work?

  8. A Nonny Mouse says:

    ‮ I bet this doesn’t work. >>

  9. Hannah says:

    ‮Hickox ‮Warner

  10. rawr says:

    &#8238Gah stupid piece of shit.

  11. sadasadawdf says:

    ‮For real?

  12. sss says:

    ‮hahaha nice 1…

  13. testingman says:

    ‮Wow, is it all backwards?

  14. poopmanjoe says:

    *٭‮testingdddddddd*

  15. Gugz says:

    ‮I’VE BEEN DAZZLED…
    BY
    Edward Cullen
    JOIN THE DARK SIDE

    WE HAVE COOKIES…
    VAMPIRES…
    Edward Cullen

  16. Gugz says:

    ‮I’VE BEEN DAZZLED

    ‮BY
    ‮Edward Cullen

    ‮JOIN THE DARK SIDE

    ‮WE HAVE COOKIES…
    ‮VAMPIRES…
    ‮Edward Cullen

  17. ‮uoy etah I says:

    ‮kcuf ouY

  18. glenn says:

    ‮ will it turn this 𝄡

  19. Timmy says:

    &#8238 Thannnkss!

  20. ‮cool says:

    ‮can you hear me now?

  21. woop says:

    ‮FREQUENTLY SIDEWAYS

  22. Link says:

    ‮ Wow! This is cool!
    Hey, this is soooooooooooooooooooo awesome!
    You gotta take time to try and read this comment. Hahahahahahahhahahahaha. Mwahhahahhahaahahaaahahahhahahahahhhhhhhhhhhh

  23. tanya says:

    it doent work on microsoft word

  24. ‮m00t says:

    ‮ special chars!wtf

  25. fdsfsdfs says:

    ‮DOES IT WORK

  26. charlie says:

    ‮Wow, is it all backwards?

  27. anhd says:

    does not work with msn

    ‮lala

  28. Random Person says:

    ‮ cool! but does it work with hotmail??????

  29. poopoo says:

    ‮ wow is it all backwards?

  30. Crazy says:

    ‮tHiS iS So cool

  31. Crazy says:

    ‮my words wnt do it S

  32. kellster says:

    ‮Don’t be a Wuss. Save a Platypus!

  33. tunerz707 says:

    &#8238Bring The Motha F ckin Ruckus

  34. tunerz707 says:

    ‮Bring the Motha F ckin Ruckus

  35. s;lfdjgor says:

    ooooooooooooooooob kcus uoy ooooooooooooooooooooooooob ssa kcaj ooooooooooooooooooob

  36. ssadd says:

    ‮ one thousand, one hundred twenty-five

  37. Alex says:

    ‮i dont think this really worksz

  38. gffsjdgk says:

    ‮If you can read this you are gay

  39. Joe says:

    ‮ Does it work with email?

  40. laikah says:

    ‮Wow, is it all backwards?

  41. Daniel says:

    ‮ Sometimes when I’m upset and can’t really say what I feel because i think know one cares to understand, I have this impulse to write backwards. -

  42. jAZMINE says:

    0M6 Y0U KN0 Y0U H0T

  43. J says:

    ‮Thanks! Same to you!

  44. Kelsey says:

    ‮Just the Beginning Lovey Bug

  45. fddffd says:

    ‮ are you serious. this is SPARTA, i shouldn’t have to do this

  46. the dlkl1 says:

    ‮TEST by you

  47. gay says:

    ‮wrong, together we shall go until we die. An inspiration is
    what you are to me, inspiration, look, see. And so today, my
    world it smiles, your hand in mine, we walk the miles.

  48. rah says:

    ‮ Issued 09/2009

    Expires 08/2012

  49. Gel says:

    ‮Hello, my name is Angelica.

  50. asdfasdfasdfadsfasdf says:

    &#8238 fuck bitch

  51. asdfasdfasdfadsfasdf says:

    ‮ Watch all eatin hoes

  52. yay me says:

    ‮Wow, is it all backwards?

  53. Austin says:

    ‮Hello? this works?

  54. Amy says:

    ‮ Wow! Cool! Wooot! :D Testing, Testing 123

  55. His_wife12 says:

    The accused and community support discuss the sentence presented, add, delete and collectively arrive at a sentence. ,

  56. Unclever title says:

    ‮tacocat

  57. nicholas says:

    ‮ Rogue of hono

  58. ihinbe says:

    ‮ Property of Nikita

  59. hehe says:

    ‮ Does this work, test one two, test?

  60. wowaname says:

    @42: Well duh, this only applies to HTML markup.

  61. altair says:

    ‮Altaïr Ibn la-Ahad

  62. random says:

    ‮is this backwords?

  63. random says:

    hi there
    i am not you

  64. Sallll says:

    ‮ this is really cool.

  65. Anon says:

    ‮This Is Very Beastly :D Dee

  66. Kayla says:

    this is bullshit how do you use it <3

  67. jack says:

    &#8238 this doesn’t work

  68. sarah says:

    ‮ i’m so so sorry i didn’t text you back earlier!! i wanted to now but didn’t want to wake you up, so i figured i’d message you! i love you so much, and i miss you too. have a beautiful day and i’m coming to visit asap! i love you!

  69. Jorge says:

    &#8238 Stuff never works for Adam

  70. bob says:

    &#8238not just that song. Just listened to some other stuff I hadn’t heard before and I haven’t really found anything I dont like. She’s not too bad, honestly.

  71. jaze says:

    ‮Wow, is it all backwards?

  72. zach says:

    &#8238Ruojnob! Obmaj! Pussaw!

    Nama: Morfh tae nebu oy, tis ruo ved. Elg nuj, tre sed, eci. Gnit aef ed til lahs draw ery nams dn ikfos rerut nevda.

    Nalpa: Gsv koZmvgh zIv hvg gl zortM; prgs zmW prm droo urtsg. Nliv gszm lmv qfwTv rh uZgvw gl wrv gsrH bvzI sldveVi.

    Lanaca: Tgc phczan aqc bkyzg amb wggqa; lhib gnma mxqqamcxk tgcv cnkb im fnsoo. Btr tgc gzkb ir vnga; tgcoa aqc nn Gqykzhullvhh hdpb. A tdkmhz mzw shr bdrtazh tgc phczan.

  73. zach says:

    ‮Ruojnob! Obmaj! Pussaw!

    ‮Nama: Morfh tae nebu oy, tis ruo ved. Elg nuj, tre sed, eci. Gnit aef ed til lahs draw ery nams dn ikfos rerut nevda.

    ‮Nalpa: Gsv koZmvgh zIv hvg gl zortM; prgs zmW prm droo urtsg. Nliv gszm lmv qfwTv rh uZgvw gl wrv gsrH bvzI sldveVi.

    ‮Lanaca: Tgc phczan aqc bkyzg amb wggqa; lhib gnma mxqqamcxk tgcv cnkb im fnsoo. Btr tgc gzkb ir vnga; tgcoa aqc nn Gqykzhullvhh hdpb. A tdkmhz mzw shr bdrtazh tgc phczan.

  74. beeeca says:

    ‮this doesnt work on facebook :[ what am I doing wrong?

  75. 420king says:

    ‮ it didnt work

  76. 420king says:

    confused, what the fuck.

  77. 420king says:

    ‮ confused, what the fuck…

  78. mvcncgb says:

    &#8238 i love you paige

  79. mvcncgb says:

    &#8238i love you paige

  80. mvcncgb says:

    ‮i love you paige

  81. BreAuna says:

    ‮How do you do just one backwards letter

  82. Phoebe says:

    awesome! ‮blossoming

  83. sa says:

    ‮ why isn’t this working?

  84. rosey says:

    ‮WOW This Weally Workss =)

  85. south park succubus says:

    &#8238There’s got to be a morning after
    If we can hold on through the night
    We have a chance to find the sunshine
    Let’s keep on looking for the light

    Oh, can’t you see the morning after?
    It’s waiting right outside the storm
    Why don’t we cross the bridge together
    And find a place that’s safe and warm?

    It’s not too late, we should be giving
    Only with love can we climb
    It’s not too late, not while we’re living
    Let’s put our hands out in time

    There’s got to be a morning after
    We’re moving closer to the shore
    I know we’ll be there by tomorrow
    And we’ll escape the darkness
    We won’t be searching anymore

    There’s got to be a morning after
    (There’s got to be a morning after)
    There’s got to be a morning after
    (There’s got to be a morning after)
    There’s got to be a morning after
    (There’s got to be a morning after)

  86. Kaitlyn says:

    Kaitlyn♥ is awesome!

  87. Allant says:

    ‮ why i cannot type this at another place?

  88. dddddd says:

    ‮ A pox upon you!

  89. JOE says:

    ‮IS BLACKOUT ONE WORD OR TWO

  90. joos says:

    ‮Jonaaa! This backwards text is way too hard for me.. Idk why you want to keep doing it, plus it means that all messages that we write will be shorter than we would normally type. And I realized that this happy face :) turns into a sad face when I type backwards. but thats probably okay because I don’t type too many happy faces anyway.

  91. hello says:

    ‮Isaac Park.

    I kniht m’I gniog enasni… esaelP, reah em out.
    nI siht eton, ereht si a egassem. naC uoy erugif ti tuo?
    seulC lliw eb nevig ot erugif tuo s’tahw hteaneb eht eye.
    artxE ecneitap si dedeen, kniht: yhw si siht tnatropmi?
    nacS siht egassem morf pot ot mottob.
    I eveileb eseht lanif sdrow yam pleh:
    “tahW si siht s’raey emeht tuoba?
    ytinasnI, er’uoy thgir! Kool pu dna nwod”

  92. dinomasaw says:

    ‮ mwhahahasahahahahaahahhahaha, i can now type back wards :P

  93. ‮VAGINA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Love you, Miggo.<3

  94. JAY says:

    F THE LE BIEN WOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWW

  95. dee says:

    ‮ P2E are the best class in the world. I love the European School of Bergen. I cannot wait for the summer holidays. We are learning about Leonardo da Vinci today.

  96. leo says:

    ‮ is this true?

  97. Drasher says:

    ‮ Backwards man Is awesome!

  98. ‮ love says:

    ‮love revolution

  99. ‮REVOLUTION says:

    ‮ REVOLUTION

  100. ‮REVOLUTION says:

    ‮ REVOLUTION LOVE LOVE LOVE EVOL EVOL

  101. krissy says:

    ‮ FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

  102. Alyssia says:

    OMJ NIGGA DOG YO ! Im a 13 year old; im sexy; hot; HORNYYYY; Nacked; i love sex; and i fuck any guy/girl for free . call me; (609)834-765-4769 <33333333. damn poppy call meeee . ;DD

  103. lala says:

    ‮… . – -.. .- .. — -…. -…. …– -.-.-. ..— —– … . . .-. .– . ..- …– …– – … . –. –..– … . – -.. .- .. — ….. –… —-. -.-.-. …– ….. … . . .-. .– . ..- ..— –… …. – .-. — .- –.- .-.. .. – .- . ..- .. –..– -.. – -. – . .-. .–. .-. . – .- .. ..-. -. – . .– .. ..- –..– . ..-. …- .. … .. -… .- .. –.- ..-. ..-. -. -.. – .-. .. -… –..– … . .-.- .-. — .-.. –. — ..- -. …. … –..– .- — .. – .. … — .–. .-. -.. — –.- … .. – –..– –.- .-. — — . — ..- .. .-.- -.. ..-. –..– … — …

  104. Sukinidachi says:

    ‮Does it actually work?

  105. Sukinidachi says:

    ‮Holy crap it actually did! :D

  106. Sukinidachi says:

    ‮ and lol (92. tacocat)

  107. thatoneguy says:

    ‮trolo0lo0l0o0l0o00o0l0o0l0o0l0o0l00o0lololo0o0loo0loo0loolol0ooloo0loo0oloo0loo0loolo >3>

  108. junker says:

    ‮wow nice info

  109. bob says:

    ‮kayak
    lolololololololololol

  110. tre says:

    kcuf kcuf kcuf i poop and it smells like mah and ekoc

  111. Sarah says:

    ‮through the looking glass

  112. ?? says:

    YAY IHT WORKZ.!!!!!!!!!!!

  113. ?? says:

    ‮C…………………………

  114. ?? says:

    ‮A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z …… a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

  115. ?? says:

    y r c’s the same.?

  116. griffin lyke says:

    ‮Does it work with symbols like ๖ۣۜ•?

  117. Maisy says:

    ‮made in china

  118. Maisy says:

    ‮MADE IN CHINA

    Im doing this for facebook…

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