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title: "BIP39 Word #90: arctic — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/arctic/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #90 00001011001 

# arctic — BIP39 word #90

"**arctic**" is word #90 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [arch](/bip39-word/arch/) and [area](/bip39-word/area/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00001011001`, decimal index 89\. 

/ˈɑːktɪk/  · _adjective:_ relating to the cold region at the far north of the earth 

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

## Binary Representation

Four 1-bits and seven 0-bits; 330 of the 2048 indexes have exactly four 1-bits.

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

[menu](/bip39-word/menu/)[enroll](/bip39-word/enroll/)[clinic](/bip39-word/clinic/)[brass](/bip39-word/brass/)[add](/bip39-word/add/)[august](/bip39-word/august/)[ankle](/bip39-word/ankle/)[any](/bip39-word/any/)[arm](/bip39-word/arm/)[arena](/bip39-word/arena/)[arch](/bip39-word/arch/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x059

4-Letter Prefix

arct

## About "arctic" in BIP39

- "arctic" has 6 letters, but the first four, **"arct"**, already identify it, because **"arc"** also begins [arch](/bip39-word/arch/).

## Word #90 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) bokorys 

[French](/french/) ambigu 

[Italian](/italian/) ampliare 

[Japanese](/japanese/) いたりあ 

[Korean](/korean/) 경복궁 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) albino 

[Spanish](/spanish/) amapola 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Words sharing the first three letters "arc":

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

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "A"

[ #86 apple ](/bip39-word/apple/)[ #87 approve ](/bip39-word/approve/)[ #88 april ](/bip39-word/april/)[ #89 arch ](/bip39-word/arch/)[ #91 area ](/bip39-word/area/)[ #92 arena ](/bip39-word/arena/)[ #93 argue ](/bip39-word/argue/)[ #94 arm ](/bip39-word/arm/) 

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

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- [Seed Phrase vs Private Key: What's the Difference?](/seed-phrase-vs-private-key/)
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