diff -Naur wordgrinder-0.3.3-old/src/c/arch/unix/cursesw/dpy.c wordgrinder-0.3.3/src/c/arch/unix/cursesw/dpy.c
--- wordgrinder-0.3.3-old/src/c/arch/unix/cursesw/dpy.c	2009-12-13 15:11:04.000000000 +0200
+++ wordgrinder-0.3.3/src/c/arch/unix/cursesw/dpy.c	2013-10-16 15:01:56.038301434 +0300
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@
 		case KEY_EVENT: return "KEY_EVENT";
 		case 13: return "KEY_RETURN";
 		case 27: return "KEY_ESCAPE";
+		case 127: return "KEY_BACKSPACE";
 	}
 
 	static char buffer[32];