--- title: "BIP39 Word #177: bid — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/bid/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #177 00010110000 # bid — BIP39 word #177 "**bid**" is word #177 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [bicycle](/bip39-word/bicycle/) and [bike](/bip39-word/bike/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00010110000`, decimal index 176\. /bɪd/ · _noun:_ an offer of a price for something, especially at auction [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): ставка ## 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): [noodle](/bip39-word/noodle/)[figure](/bip39-word/figure/)[current](/bip39-word/current/)[alcohol](/bip39-word/alcohol/)[bulk](/bip39-word/bulk/)[bamboo](/bip39-word/bamboo/)[beef](/bip39-word/beef/)[blade](/bip39-word/blade/)[bird](/bip39-word/bird/)[bind](/bip39-word/bind/)[bike](/bip39-word/bike/) Position Hex Index 0x0B0 4-Letter Prefix bid ## About "bid" in BIP39 - It takes all three letters to identify "bid": **"bi"** also begins 7 other words, among them [bicycle](/bip39-word/bicycle/), [bike](/bip39-word/bike/), [bind](/bip39-word/bind/) and [biology](/bip39-word/biology/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words. ## Word #177 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) chrup [French](/french/) avancer [Italian](/italian/) autunno [Japanese](/japanese/) うつくしい [Korean](/korean/) 교육 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) argola [Spanish](/spanish/) atar [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 最 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 最 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 3 BIP39 words differ from "bid" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [bind](/bip39-word/bind/)[bird](/bip39-word/bird/)[kid](/bip39-word/kid/) Read aloud, "bid" /bɪd/ is one sound away from these 2 words: [board /bɔːd/](/bip39-word/board/)[build /bɪld/](/bip39-word/build/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "B" [ #173 better ](/bip39-word/better/)[ #174 between ](/bip39-word/between/)[ #175 beyond ](/bip39-word/beyond/)[ #176 bicycle ](/bip39-word/bicycle/)[ #178 bike ](/bip39-word/bike/)[ #179 bind ](/bip39-word/bind/)[ #180 biology ](/bip39-word/biology/)[ #181 bird ](/bip39-word/bird/) [View all words starting with "B" ](/bip39-words/b/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [BIP 44 – Multi-Account Hierarchy for Deterministic Wallets](/bip-44-multi-account-hierarchy-for-deterministic-wallets/) - [Electrum Seed vs BIP39: Why Other Wallets Reject It](/electrum-seed-vs-bip39/) - [Cold Sharding: Splitting a Private Key Into Offline Shamir Shares](/cold-sharding-method-private-key-storage-strategy/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)