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title: "BIP39 Word #244: bunker — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/bunker/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #244 00011110011 

# bunker — BIP39 word #244

"**bunker**" is word #244 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [bundle](/bip39-word/bundle/) and [burden](/bip39-word/burden/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00011110011`, decimal index 243\. 

/ˈbʌŋkə/  · _noun:_ an underground shelter built to protect people from bombs 

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

## 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):

[oyster](/bip39-word/oyster/)[fury](/bip39-word/fury/)[dinosaur](/bip39-word/dinosaur/)[attack](/bip39-word/attack/)[biology](/bip39-word/biology/)[bounce](/bip39-word/bounce/)[broccoli](/bip39-word/broccoli/)[buyer](/bip39-word/buyer/)[bus](/bip39-word/bus/)[bullet](/bip39-word/bullet/)[bundle](/bip39-word/bundle/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x0F3

4-Letter Prefix

bunk

## About "bunker" in BIP39

- "bunker" has 6 letters, but the first four, **"bunk"**, already identify it, because **"bun"** also begins [bundle](/bip39-word/bundle/).
- **"bunk"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins bunkr in the [Czech list](/czech/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #244 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) dochutit 

[French](/french/) bitume 

[Italian](/italian/) bizzarro 

[Japanese](/japanese/) おいかける 

[Korean](/korean/) 금메달 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) baixista 

[Spanish](/spanish/) bien 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Words sharing the first three letters "bun":

[bundle](/bip39-word/bundle/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "B"

[ #240 bulb ](/bip39-word/bulb/)[ #241 bulk ](/bip39-word/bulk/)[ #242 bullet ](/bip39-word/bullet/)[ #243 bundle ](/bip39-word/bundle/)[ #245 burden ](/bip39-word/burden/)[ #246 burger ](/bip39-word/burger/)[ #247 burst ](/bip39-word/burst/)[ #248 bus ](/bip39-word/bus/) 

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

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