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title: "BIP39 Word #928: initial — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/initial/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #928 01110011111 

# initial — BIP39 word #928

"**initial**" is word #928 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [inherit](/bip39-word/inherit/) and [inject](/bip39-word/inject/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01110011111`, decimal index 927\. 

/ɪˈnɪʃəl/  · _adjective:_ happening at the beginning, first 

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

## Binary Representation

Eight 1-bits and three 0-bits; 165 of the 2048 indexes have exactly eight 1-bits.

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

[view](/bip39-word/view/)[crop](/bip39-word/crop/)[fault](/bip39-word/fault/)[glue](/bip39-word/glue/)[know](/bip39-word/know/)[jewel](/bip39-word/jewel/)[impose](/bip39-word/impose/)[indicate](/bip39-word/indicate/)[inflict](/bip39-word/inflict/)[inhale](/bip39-word/inhale/)[inherit](/bip39-word/inherit/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x39F

4-Letter Prefix

init

## About "initial" in BIP39

- "initial" has 7 letters, but the first three, **"ini"**, already identify it, because **"in"** also begins 31 other words, among them [inch](/bip39-word/inch/), [include](/bip39-word/include/), [income](/bip39-word/income/) and [increase](/bip39-word/increase/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.

## Word #928 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) naostro 

[French](/french/) goudron 

[Italian](/italian/) locanda 

[Japanese](/japanese/) せいよう 

[Korean](/korean/) 숙녀 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) germinar 

[Spanish](/spanish/) intuir 

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

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

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "I"

[ #924 inflict ](/bip39-word/inflict/)[ #925 inform ](/bip39-word/inform/)[ #926 inhale ](/bip39-word/inhale/)[ #927 inherit ](/bip39-word/inherit/)[ #929 inject ](/bip39-word/inject/)[ #930 injury ](/bip39-word/injury/)[ #931 inmate ](/bip39-word/inmate/)[ #932 inner ](/bip39-word/inner/) 

[View all words starting with "I" ](/bip39-words/i/) 

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [Crypto Inheritance: How to Pass On Your Seed Phrase](/crypto-inheritance/)
- [Private Key Export: MetaMask, Trust Wallet, Ledger, Electrum](/convert-seed-phrase-to-private-key-guide/)
- [How to Create a Seed Phrase: Step-by-Step Guide and Examples](/create-a-seed-phrase/)

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