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title: "BIP39 Word #357: clutch — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/clutch/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #357 00101100100 

# clutch — BIP39 word #357

"**clutch**" is word #357 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [cluster](/bip39-word/cluster/) and [coach](/bip39-word/coach/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `00101100100`, decimal index 356\. 

/klʌʧ/  · _verb:_ to hold something tightly, often in fear or pain 

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

## Binary Representation

Four 1-bits and seven 0-bits; 330 of the 2048 indexes have exactly four 1-bits.

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

[prosper](/bip39-word/prosper/)[hold](/bip39-word/hold/)[arrive](/bip39-word/arrive/)[develop](/bip39-word/develop/)[cause](/bip39-word/cause/)[chuckle](/bip39-word/chuckle/)[company](/bip39-word/company/)[collect](/bip39-word/collect/)[clown](/bip39-word/clown/)[coast](/bip39-word/coast/)[coach](/bip39-word/coach/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x164

4-Letter Prefix

clut

## About "clutch" in BIP39

- "clutch" has 6 letters, but the first four, **"clut"**, already identify it, because **"clu"** also begins [club](/bip39-word/club/), [clump](/bip39-word/clump/) and [cluster](/bip39-word/cluster/).
- "clutch" appears in one of the 24 official English [test vectors](https://github.com/trezor/python-mnemonic/blob/master/vectors.json) of BIP39: vector #24 (word 11 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 #24

[void](/bip39-word/void/) [come](/bip39-word/come/) [effort](/bip39-word/effort/) [suffer](/bip39-word/suffer/) [camp](/bip39-word/camp/) [survey](/bip39-word/survey/) [warrior](/bip39-word/warrior/) [heavy](/bip39-word/heavy/) [shoot](/bip39-word/shoot/) [primary](/bip39-word/primary/) clutch [crush](/bip39-word/crush/) [open](/bip39-word/open/) [amazing](/bip39-word/amazing/) [screen](/bip39-word/screen/) [patrol](/bip39-word/patrol/) [group](/bip39-word/group/) [space](/bip39-word/space/) [point](/bip39-word/point/) [ten](/bip39-word/ten/) [exist](/bip39-word/exist/) [slush](/bip39-word/slush/) [involve](/bip39-word/involve/) [unfold](/bip39-word/unfold/) 

## Word #357 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) fosfor 

[French](/french/) censurer 

[Italian](/italian/) circa 

[Japanese](/japanese/) かほご 

[Korean](/korean/) 단위 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) cadeado 

[Spanish](/spanish/) castor 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "clutch" /klʌʧ/ is one sound away from this word: 

[club /klʌb/](/bip39-word/club/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "clu":

[club](/bip39-word/club/)[clump](/bip39-word/clump/)[cluster](/bip39-word/cluster/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "C"

[ #353 clown ](/bip39-word/clown/)[ #354 club ](/bip39-word/club/)[ #355 clump ](/bip39-word/clump/)[ #356 cluster ](/bip39-word/cluster/)[ #358 coach ](/bip39-word/coach/)[ #359 coast ](/bip39-word/coast/)[ #360 coconut ](/bip39-word/coconut/)[ #361 code ](/bip39-word/code/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [Seed Phrase Formats by Network: BIP39 and the Exceptions](/seed-phrase-formats-by-network/)
- [BIP39 vs BIP32 vs BIP44: How the Seed Standards Fit Together](/crypto-seed-standards-bip39-vs-bip32-vs-bip44/)
- [How to Memorize a Seed Phrase: Color, Story and Palace Methods](/seed-phrase-memory/)

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