Collins defines [***catawampus***][1] (US, dialectal) variously as *askew; awry* and *going badly, awkwardly, or in the wrong direction*.

But in OP's specific context, I suggest [***higgledy-piggledy***][2]  *(mixed up and in no particular order)* is [a better known alternative][3] (that's a link to a usage chart showing *just how much* better known! :)

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FWIW, I'd never encountered ***cattywampus*** before now, but it strikes me as a tongue-in-cheek derivative of [***wampum***][4], which I think reflects badly on the treatment of native Americans. So I wouldn't use it anyway. If not ***higgledy-piggledy*** then ***topsy-turvy.*** But that tends to imply random orientation in *three* dimensions (including Up/Down) - which *can* apply with ***higgledy-piggledy***, but doesn't have to.

  [1]: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/catawampus
  [2]: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/higgledy-piggledy
  [3]: https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=higgledy-piggledy%2Ccatawampus%2Ccattywampus&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=en-2019&smoothing=3
  [4]: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wampum