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title: "BIP39 Word #321: chimney — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/chimney/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #321 00101000000 

# chimney — BIP39 word #321

"**chimney**" is word #321 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [child](/bip39-word/child/) and [choice](/bip39-word/choice/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00101000000`, decimal index 320\. 

/ˈʧɪmni/  · _noun:_ a vertical pipe that carries smoke away from a fire 

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

## Binary Representation

Two 1-bits and nine 0-bits; 55 of the 2048 indexes have exactly two 1-bits.

One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first):

[pool](/bip39-word/pool/)[gym](/bip39-word/gym/)[amount](/bip39-word/amount/)[day](/bip39-word/day/)[cactus](/bip39-word/cactus/)[clown](/bip39-word/clown/)[claw](/bip39-word/claw/)[cinnamon](/bip39-word/cinnamon/)[chuckle](/bip39-word/chuckle/)[choose](/bip39-word/choose/)[choice](/bip39-word/choice/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x140

4-Letter Prefix

chim

## About "chimney" in BIP39

- "chimney" has 7 letters, but the first four, **"chim"**, already identify it, because **"chi"** also begins [chicken](/bip39-word/chicken/), [chief](/bip39-word/chief/) and [child](/bip39-word/child/).
- **"chim"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins chimère in the [French list](/french/) and chimera in the [Italian list](/italian/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #321 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) esej 

[French](/french/) caméra 

[Italian](/italian/) casuale 

[Japanese](/japanese/) かいさつ 

[Korean](/korean/) 노력 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) borbulha 

[Spanish](/spanish/) calor 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Words sharing the first three letters "chi":

[chicken](/bip39-word/chicken/)[chief](/bip39-word/chief/)[child](/bip39-word/child/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "C"

[ #317 chest ](/bip39-word/chest/)[ #318 chicken ](/bip39-word/chicken/)[ #319 chief ](/bip39-word/chief/)[ #320 child ](/bip39-word/child/)[ #322 choice ](/bip39-word/choice/)[ #323 choose ](/bip39-word/choose/)[ #324 chronic ](/bip39-word/chronic/)[ #325 chuckle ](/bip39-word/chuckle/) 

[View all words starting with "C" ](/bip39-words/c/) 

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [Ethereum Keystore File (JSON Wallet): Structure and Security](/json-wallets-explained/)
- [What Is BIP39? The Standard Behind Seed Phrases](/bip39-the-foundation-of-crypto-wallet-security/)
- [Seed Phrase Examples: 12, 18 and 24 BIP39 Mnemonic Phrases](/mnemonic-words-examples-for-crypto-security-bip39/)

[ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)