--- title: "BIP39 Word #186: blame — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/blame/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #186 00010111001 # blame — BIP39 word #186 "**blame**" is word #186 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [blade](/bip39-word/blade/) and [blanket](/bip39-word/blanket/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00010111001`, decimal index 185\. /bleɪm/ · _verb:_ to say that someone is responsible for something bad [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): обвинять ## Binary Representation Five 1-bits and six 0-bits; 462 of the 2048 indexes have exactly five 1-bits. One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first): [now](/bip39-word/now/)[fire](/bip39-word/fire/)[damp](/bip39-word/damp/)[already](/bip39-word/already/)[busy](/bip39-word/busy/)[basket](/bip39-word/basket/)[benefit](/bip39-word/benefit/)[bike](/bip39-word/bike/)[bless](/bip39-word/bless/)[blast](/bip39-word/blast/)[blade](/bip39-word/blade/) Position Hex Index 0x0B9 4-Letter Prefix blam ## About "blame" in BIP39 - "blame" has 5 letters, but the first four, **"blam"**, already identify it, because **"bla"** also begins [black](/bip39-word/black/), [blade](/bip39-word/blade/), [blanket](/bip39-word/blanket/) and [blast](/bip39-word/blast/). ## Word #186 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) chytit [French](/french/) avoine [Italian](/italian/) azzurro [Japanese](/japanese/) うのう [Korean](/korean/) 구별 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) arterial [Spanish](/spanish/) audaz [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 題 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 题 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 2 BIP39 words differ from "blame" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [blade](/bip39-word/blade/)[flame](/bip39-word/flame/) Read aloud, "blame" /bleɪm/ is one sound away from this word: [claim /kleɪm/](/bip39-word/claim/) Words sharing the first three letters "bla": [black](/bip39-word/black/)[blade](/bip39-word/blade/)[blanket](/bip39-word/blanket/)[blast](/bip39-word/blast/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "B" [ #182 birth ](/bip39-word/birth/)[ #183 bitter ](/bip39-word/bitter/)[ #184 black ](/bip39-word/black/)[ #185 blade ](/bip39-word/blade/)[ #187 blanket ](/bip39-word/blanket/)[ #188 blast ](/bip39-word/blast/)[ #189 bleak ](/bip39-word/bleak/)[ #190 bless ](/bip39-word/bless/) [View all words starting with "B" ](/bip39-words/b/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [What Is a Bitcoin Address and How Does It Work?](/what-is-a-bitcoin-address/) - [How to Generate a BIP39 Seed Phrase with Dice, Step by Step](/seed-phrase-with-dice/) - [Derivation Path Explained: What m/44'/0'/0'/0/0 Means](/derivation-path/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)