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title: "BIP39 Word #247: burst — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/burst/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #247 00011110110 

# burst — BIP39 word #247

"**burst**" is word #247 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [burger](/bip39-word/burger/) and [bus](/bip39-word/bus/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00011110110`, decimal index 246\. 

/bɜːst/  · _verb:_ to break open suddenly because of pressure from inside 

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

## 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):

[paddle](/bip39-word/paddle/)[gain](/bip39-word/gain/)[disagree](/bip39-word/disagree/)[attract](/bip39-word/attract/)[bitter](/bip39-word/bitter/)[bracket](/bip39-word/bracket/)[broom](/bip39-word/broom/)[cabin](/bip39-word/cabin/)[bundle](/bip39-word/bundle/)[burden](/bip39-word/burden/)[bus](/bip39-word/bus/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x0F6

4-Letter Prefix

burs

## About "burst" in BIP39

- "burst" has 5 letters, but the first four, **"burs"**, already identify it, because **"bur"** also begins [burden](/bip39-word/burden/) and [burger](/bip39-word/burger/).

## Word #247 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) dohoda 

[French](/french/) blague 

[Italian](/italian/) bollito 

[Japanese](/japanese/) おいつく 

[Korean](/korean/) 금요일 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) baliza 

[Spanish](/spanish/) bloque 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "burst" /bɜːst/ is one sound away from these 3 words: 

[best /bɛst/](/bip39-word/best/)[boost /buːst/](/bip39-word/boost/)[first /fɜːst/](/bip39-word/first/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "bur":

[burden](/bip39-word/burden/)[burger](/bip39-word/burger/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "B"

[ #243 bundle ](/bip39-word/bundle/)[ #244 bunker ](/bip39-word/bunker/)[ #245 burden ](/bip39-word/burden/)[ #246 burger ](/bip39-word/burger/)[ #248 bus ](/bip39-word/bus/)[ #249 business ](/bip39-word/business/)[ #250 busy ](/bip39-word/busy/)[ #251 butter ](/bip39-word/butter/) 

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

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