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title: "BIP39 Word #188: blast — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/blast/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #188 00010111011 

# blast — BIP39 word #188

"**blast**" is word #188 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [blanket](/bip39-word/blanket/) and [bleak](/bip39-word/bleak/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00010111011`, decimal index 187\. 

/blɑːst/  · _noun:_ an explosion, or a strong sudden rush of air 

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

## Binary Representation

Six 1-bits and five 0-bits; 462 of the 2048 indexes have exactly six 1-bits.

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

[number](/bip39-word/number/)[first](/bip39-word/first/)[danger](/bip39-word/danger/)[alter](/bip39-word/alter/)[buyer](/bip39-word/buyer/)[beach](/bip39-word/beach/)[betray](/bip39-word/betray/)[biology](/bip39-word/biology/)[blood](/bip39-word/blood/)[blame](/bip39-word/blame/)[blanket](/bip39-word/blanket/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x0BB

4-Letter Prefix

blas

## About "blast" in BIP39

- "blast" has 5 letters, but the first four, **"blas"**, already identify it, because **"bla"** also begins [black](/bip39-word/black/), [blade](/bip39-word/blade/), [blame](/bip39-word/blame/) and [blanket](/bip39-word/blanket/).

## Word #188 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) cigareta 

[French](/french/) avril 

[Italian](/italian/) baccano 

[Japanese](/japanese/) うぶごえ 

[Korean](/korean/) 구석 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) arvoredo 

[Spanish](/spanish/) auge 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Words sharing the first three letters "bla":

[black](/bip39-word/black/)[blade](/bip39-word/blade/)[blame](/bip39-word/blame/)[blanket](/bip39-word/blanket/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "B"

[ #184 black ](/bip39-word/black/)[ #185 blade ](/bip39-word/blade/)[ #186 blame ](/bip39-word/blame/)[ #187 blanket ](/bip39-word/blanket/)[ #189 bleak ](/bip39-word/bleak/)[ #190 bless ](/bip39-word/bless/)[ #191 blind ](/bip39-word/blind/)[ #192 blood ](/bip39-word/blood/) 

[View all words starting with "B" ](/bip39-words/b/) 

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [xpub, ypub and zpub: Extended Public Keys Explained](/xpub-ypub-zpub/)
- [SLIP-39 vs BIP39: Shamir Backup and 20-Word Shares Explained](/slip39-vs-bip39/)
- [Why You Should Never Create Your Own Seed Phrase](/why-you-should-never-create-your-own-seed-phrase/)

[ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)