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title: "BIP39 Word #971: junk — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/junk/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #971 01111001010 

# junk — BIP39 word #971

"**junk**" is word #971 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [junior](/bip39-word/junior/) and [just](/bip39-word/just/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01111001010`, decimal index 970\. 

/ʤʌŋk/  · _noun:_ old or useless things of little value 

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

## 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):

[welcome](/bip39-word/welcome/)[deer](/bip39-word/deer/)[flock](/bip39-word/flock/)[harsh](/bip39-word/harsh/)[image](/bip39-word/image/)[later](/bip39-word/later/)[kitten](/bip39-word/kitten/)[joke](/bip39-word/joke/)[keep](/bip39-word/keep/)[jungle](/bip39-word/jungle/)[just](/bip39-word/just/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x3CA

4-Letter Prefix

junk

## About "junk" in BIP39

- It takes all four letters to identify "junk": **"jun"** also begins [jungle](/bip39-word/jungle/) and [junior](/bip39-word/junior/).

## Word #971 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) nevina 

[French](/french/) hématome 

[Italian](/italian/) mansarda 

[Japanese](/japanese/) ぜんご 

[Korean](/korean/) 시스템 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) guarani 

[Spanish](/spanish/) lacra 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "junk" /ʤʌŋk/ is one sound away from this word: 

[chunk /ʧʌŋk/](/bip39-word/chunk/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "jun":

[jungle](/bip39-word/jungle/)[junior](/bip39-word/junior/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "J"

[ #953 jacket ](/bip39-word/jacket/)[ #954 jaguar ](/bip39-word/jaguar/)[ #955 jar ](/bip39-word/jar/)[ #967 juice ](/bip39-word/juice/)[ #968 jump ](/bip39-word/jump/)[ #969 jungle ](/bip39-word/jungle/)[ #970 junior ](/bip39-word/junior/)[ #972 just ](/bip39-word/just/) 

[View all words starting with "J" ](/bip39-words/j/) 

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- [How to Restore a Wallet From a Seed Phrase: Step by Step](/restore-wallet-from-seed-phrase/)
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