---
title: "BIP39 Word #242: bullet — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/bullet/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #242 00011110001 

# bullet — BIP39 word #242

"**bullet**" is word #242 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [bulk](/bip39-word/bulk/) and [bundle](/bip39-word/bundle/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00011110001`, decimal index 241\. 

/ˈbʊlɪt/  · _noun:_ a small metal object fired from a gun 

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

## 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):

[owner](/bip39-word/owner/)[funny](/bip39-word/funny/)[dilemma](/bip39-word/dilemma/)[athlete](/bip39-word/athlete/)[bike](/bip39-word/bike/)[boss](/bip39-word/boss/)[bring](/bip39-word/bring/)[busy](/bip39-word/busy/)[burger](/bip39-word/burger/)[bunker](/bip39-word/bunker/)[bulk](/bip39-word/bulk/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x0F1

4-Letter Prefix

bull

## About "bullet" in BIP39

- "bullet" has 6 letters, but the first four, **"bull"**, already identify it, because **"bul"** also begins [bulb](/bip39-word/bulb/) and [bulk](/bip39-word/bulk/).
- **"bull"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins bulletin in the [French list](/french/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.
- "bullet" appears in one of the 24 official English [test vectors](https://github.com/trezor/python-mnemonic/blob/master/vectors.json) of BIP39: vector #18 (word 3 of 24). Every official vector passes the [checksum checker](/bip39-checksum-checker/), and [How BIP39 works](/how-bip39-works/) shows how the entropy turns into such words.

Official test vector #18

[panda](/bip39-word/panda/) [eyebrow](/bip39-word/eyebrow/) bullet [gorilla](/bip39-word/gorilla/) [call](/bip39-word/call/) [smoke](/bip39-word/smoke/) [muffin](/bip39-word/muffin/) [taste](/bip39-word/taste/) [mesh](/bip39-word/mesh/) [discover](/bip39-word/discover/) [soft](/bip39-word/soft/) [ostrich](/bip39-word/ostrich/) [alcohol](/bip39-word/alcohol/) [speed](/bip39-word/speed/) [nation](/bip39-word/nation/) [flash](/bip39-word/flash/) [devote](/bip39-word/devote/) [level](/bip39-word/level/) [hobby](/bip39-word/hobby/) [quick](/bip39-word/quick/) [inner](/bip39-word/inner/) [drive](/bip39-word/drive/) [ghost](/bip39-word/ghost/) [inside](/bip39-word/inside/) 

## Word #242 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) dobytek 

[French](/french/) bison 

[Italian](/italian/) bisonte 

[Japanese](/japanese/) えんちょう 

[Korean](/korean/) 금고 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) baioneta 

[Spanish](/spanish/) bestia 

[Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 九 

[Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 九 

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Words sharing the first three letters "bul":

[bulb](/bip39-word/bulb/)[bulk](/bip39-word/bulk/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "B"

[ #238 buffalo ](/bip39-word/buffalo/)[ #239 build ](/bip39-word/build/)[ #240 bulb ](/bip39-word/bulb/)[ #241 bulk ](/bip39-word/bulk/)[ #243 bundle ](/bip39-word/bundle/)[ #244 bunker ](/bip39-word/bunker/)[ #245 burden ](/bip39-word/burden/)[ #246 burger ](/bip39-word/burger/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [Metal Seed Phrase Backup: Steel Plates, Tiles and Tests](/metal-seed-phrase-backup/)
- [Invalid Seed Phrase? How to Find and Fix a Wrong Word (BIP39)](/how-to-fix-seed-phrase-errors/)
- [Ethereum Keystore File (JSON Wallet): Structure and Security](/json-wallets-explained/)

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