--- title: "BIP39 Word #542: dry — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word" url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/dry/" language: "en" updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00" --- Word #542 01000011101 # dry — BIP39 word #542 "**dry**" is word #542 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [drum](/bip39-word/drum/) and [duck](/bip39-word/duck/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01000011101`, decimal index 541\. /draɪ/ · _adjective:_ free from water or moisture [Russian](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): сухой ## 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): [senior](/bip39-word/senior/)[admit](/bip39-word/admit/)[glove](/bip39-word/glove/)[father](/bip39-word/father/)[entry](/bip39-word/entry/)[element](/bip39-word/element/)[double](/bip39-word/double/)[dress](/bip39-word/dress/)[drip](/bip39-word/drip/)[dumb](/bip39-word/dumb/)[drum](/bip39-word/drum/) Position Hex Index 0x21D 4-Letter Prefix dry ## About "dry" in BIP39 - It takes all three letters to identify "dry": **"dr"** also begins 14 other words, among them [draft](/bip39-word/draft/), [dragon](/bip39-word/dragon/), [drama](/bip39-word/drama/) and [drastic](/bip39-word/drastic/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words. ## Word #542 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists [Czech](/czech/) kadet [French](/french/) désastre [Italian](/italian/) elargire [Japanese](/japanese/) けちゃっぷ [Korean](/korean/) 미역 [Portuguese](/portuguese/) cujo [Spanish](/spanish/) diente [Traditional Chinese](/chinese-traditional/) 亞 [Simplified Chinese](/chinese-simplified/) 亚 ## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery 3 BIP39 words differ from "dry" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand: [cry](/bip39-word/cry/)[day](/bip39-word/day/)[try](/bip39-word/try/) Read aloud, "dry" /draɪ/ is one sound away from these 2 words: [draw /drɔː/](/bip39-word/draw/)[drive /draɪv/](/bip39-word/drive/) ## More BIP39 Words Starting with "D" [ #538 drip ](/bip39-word/drip/)[ #539 drive ](/bip39-word/drive/)[ #540 drop ](/bip39-word/drop/)[ #541 drum ](/bip39-word/drum/)[ #543 duck ](/bip39-word/duck/)[ #544 dumb ](/bip39-word/dumb/)[ #545 dune ](/bip39-word/dune/)[ #546 during ](/bip39-word/during/) [View all words starting with "D" ](/bip39-words/d/) ## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides - [BIP85: Derive Many Seed Phrases From One Seed](/bip85/) - [How to View & Recover Bitcoin Wallet.dat Content](/how-to-view-and-recover-bitcoin-wallet-dat-content/) - [Bitcoin Private Key Format: WIF, Base58 and Hex Explained](/private-key-btc/) [ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)