This simple survey will tell you how left-handed you are and give you an overall score you can compare to the thousands of others who have taken the test.
You can see our analysis of the test results so far here.
So go ahead and tick the options for which hand you use for various things and see how you rate overall…
How left handed are you?
We all have our own view of whether we are left-handed or not and, ultimately, that is the the test - if you consider yourself to be left-handed then you are! That said, most people are mixed in their handedness and it is rare for people to do everything with just one hand or side of their body. Our test below will show which side you use for various tasks and how consistent you are in the use of your hands. It will also give you give you an overall score out of 100 for your level of left-handedness and you can see how you compare to other people. To get the overall score, we have weighted the various factors so, for example, writing left-handed gets a far higher weighting in the overall score than which way you hold a bat two-handed (see this page for more information on how we did this).
This test, though a bit of fun, was very poorly put together. It didn’t give an opportunity to answer “both” to individual questions and many important questions weren’t asked:
Which hand do you use to operate a computer mouse? L
Which hand do you use to peel fruit? L
Which hand do you use to wash? L
When you clasp your hands together which thumb is on top? L
On which shoulder do you carry a bag? R
If you sit cross legged which leg is on top? L
I could think of many more.
My left handed score would be a lot higher with these results.
Some of these questions like holding a bat etc are not a true reflection of your “left handedness” I come from a completely right handed family where everything was taught to me in a right handed way like holding a bat or picking up a kettle or even knitting because no one in family could show me with their left hands, so whilst I use my left hand a lot and I am very left handed other things I’ve had to either become ambidextrous or right handed in doing because of my environment which seems similar to a lot of comments here
I am mainly left handed, but I find it easier to use scissors and a computer mouse with my right hand. I know you can buy left handed scissors and use a computer mouse with your left hand, and I have tried, but they are the only two things that I find difficult to do with my left hand.
I cut with my left hand and I’ve always being cutting with right-hand scissors. I don’t ever even thought about using right hand because my right hand is useless, I have no control with it. And also all grown up people round me were ignorant about the importance of using left hand tools. Now that I’m 24 I bought a left hand scissor and I’m re-learning how to cut and I feel better because with right hand scissors I was very bad (and I was thinking that it was my fault because nobody neither me noticed that scissors are not symmetric)
Despite its difficulties, I love being a left hander in a right handed world!
Happy left handers day on 13th August!
Have to agree with many comments especially scissors. There were only right handed ones when I was in school.
I have adapted to using my right as my mother showed me things right handed. However knitting and picking up stitches still cause me difficulties. I want to do it left handed and never do it correctly…always looks a mess.
The best item I have is a left handed bread knife bought from Anything Left Handed about 20 years ago.
Great news letter. Have lots of left handers in the family including a young grandson.
I am mainly left handed, and when I use scissors, play golf, use the phone I do it right handed of necessity; no left handed scissors, my golf clubs are right handed, and when I use the phone I have often to write things down – with the left hand of course.
Like the other 60-something’s who have posted above, I do a lot of things right handed due to having been taught by right handed parents and no special equipment being available for lefties back then. By the time I was given left handed scissors, I found them awkward to use and have continued with conventional ones. I taught myself to hold the phone to my right ear so I can write with my left hand and use a right-handed mouse for the same reason as in my job I sometimes needed to make notes from the computer. Also, I worked for some years in temp jobs and it saved a lot of hassle! Most left handlers are somewhat ambidextrous from necessity. One thing I really wish I could get the hang of is using a fountain pen- even with left handed nibs, they defeat me and I go back to ballpoints!
67% because many things I could do with right. But had to eat or do all the important things with left. like write, eat, cut nails, etc.
also, i don’t have left handed equipments like scissors, didn’t try to use left handed mouse setup because it’s annoying. So yes. i am happy to be leftie.
We demand our birth left!!!