Word #240 00011101111
bulb — BIP39 word #240
"bulb" is word #240 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between build and bulk.
In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value
00011101111,
decimal index 239.
/bʌlb/ · noun: the glass part of an electric lamp, or a rounded plant root
Russian: лампочка
Binary Representation
Seven 1-bits and four 0-bits; 330 of the 2048 indexes have exactly seven 1-bits.
One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first):
Position
#240 of 2048
Hex Index
0x0EF
4-Letter Prefix
bulb
About "bulb" in BIP39
- It takes all four letters to identify "bulb": "bul" also begins bulk and bullet.
- "bulb" is unique only within the English list: it also begins bulbo in the Italian list, so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.