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title: "BIP39 Word #68: anchor — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/anchor/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #68 00001000011 

# anchor — BIP39 word #68

"**anchor**" is word #68 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [analyst](/bip39-word/analyst/) and [ancient](/bip39-word/ancient/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00001000011`, decimal index 67\. 

/ˈæŋkə/  · _noun:_ a heavy metal object dropped to keep a ship in place 

[Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): якорь 

## Binary Representation

Three 1-bits and eight 0-bits; 165 of the 2048 indexes have exactly three 1-bits.

One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first):

[mask](/bip39-word/mask/)[embody](/bip39-word/embody/)[chronic](/bip39-word/chronic/)[blur](/bip39-word/blur/)[about](/bip39-word/about/)[arrest](/bip39-word/arrest/)[apology](/bip39-word/apology/)[annual](/bip39-word/annual/)[angry](/bip39-word/angry/)[amused](/bip39-word/amused/)[analyst](/bip39-word/analyst/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x043

4-Letter Prefix

anch

## About "anchor" in BIP39

- "anchor" has 6 letters, but the first four, **"anch"**, already identify it, because **"anc"** also begins [ancient](/bip39-word/ancient/).
- **"anch"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins ancho in the [Spanish list](/spanish/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #68 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) bilance 

[French](/french/) aiguille 

[Italian](/italian/) altalena 

[Japanese](/japanese/) いこう 

[Korean](/korean/) 건설 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) afrontar 

[Spanish](/spanish/) alegre 

[Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 著 

[Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 着 

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "anchor" /ˈæŋkə/ is one sound away from these 2 words: 

[anger /ˈæŋgə/](/bip39-word/anger/)[ankle /ˈæŋkl/](/bip39-word/ankle/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "anc":

[ancient](/bip39-word/ancient/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "A"

[ #64 among ](/bip39-word/among/)[ #65 amount ](/bip39-word/amount/)[ #66 amused ](/bip39-word/amused/)[ #67 analyst ](/bip39-word/analyst/)[ #69 ancient ](/bip39-word/ancient/)[ #70 anger ](/bip39-word/anger/)[ #71 angle ](/bip39-word/angle/)[ #72 angry ](/bip39-word/angry/) 

[View all words starting with "A" ](/bip39-words/a/) 

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