--- title: "BIP39 Word #197: blush — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/blush/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #197 00011000100 # blush — BIP39 word #197 "**blush**" is word #197 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [blur](/bip39-word/blur/) and [board](/bip39-word/board/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00011000100`, decimal index 196\. /blʌʃ/ · _verb:_ to become red in the face from embarrassment or shame [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): румянец ## 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): [obtain](/bip39-word/obtain/)[flat](/bip39-word/flat/)[decade](/bip39-word/decade/)[ancient](/bip39-word/ancient/)[awesome](/bip39-word/awesome/)[broken](/bip39-word/broken/)[box](/bip39-word/box/)[book](/bip39-word/book/)[blossom](/bip39-word/blossom/)[boat](/bip39-word/boat/)[board](/bip39-word/board/) Position Hex Index 0x0C4 4-Letter Prefix blus ## About "blush" in BIP39 - "blush" has 5 letters, but the first four, **"blus"**, already identify it, because **"blu"** also begins [blue](/bip39-word/blue/) and [blur](/bip39-word/blur/). - **"blus"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins blusa in the [Spanish list](/spanish/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses. ## Word #197 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) cizost [French](/french/) balcon [Italian](/italian/) balena [Japanese](/japanese/) うりあげ [Korean](/korean/) 국내 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) atacado [Spanish](/spanish/) avellana [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 入 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 入 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 3 BIP39 words differ from "blush" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [brush](/bip39-word/brush/)[flush](/bip39-word/flush/)[slush](/bip39-word/slush/) Read aloud, "blush" /blʌʃ/ is one sound away from this word: [blood /blʌd/](/bip39-word/blood/) Words sharing the first three letters "blu": [blue](/bip39-word/blue/)[blur](/bip39-word/blur/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "B" [ #193 blossom ](/bip39-word/blossom/)[ #194 blouse ](/bip39-word/blouse/)[ #195 blue ](/bip39-word/blue/)[ #196 blur ](/bip39-word/blur/)[ #198 board ](/bip39-word/board/)[ #199 boat ](/bip39-word/boat/)[ #200 body ](/bip39-word/body/)[ #201 boil ](/bip39-word/boil/) [View all words starting with "B" ](/bip39-words/b/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [Monero Seed Phrase: 25 Words, Polyseed and Private Keys](/seed-phrase-and-private-key-format-of-monero-guide/) - [BIP85: Derive Many Seed Phrases From One Seed](/bip85/) - [How to View & Recover Bitcoin Wallet.dat Content](/how-to-view-and-recover-bitcoin-wallet-dat-content/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)