Today's Hard Word - BOUSTROPHEDON - but what does it mean??

Gunners & Ali - The Hard Word

Tuesday, 27 January 2026 - 2 minutes

Does it mean... a) an inflammation of the tissue surrounding cartilage, written from right to left and left to right in alternate lines, or c) severe congestion leading to blockage?!

Boustrophedon” comes from the Greek, meaning “like the ox turns [while  plowing],” so the boustrophedon style of writing is read in the same manner  an ox would plow a field: reversing each

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