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title: "BIP39 Word #973: kangaroo — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/kangaroo/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #973 01111001100 

# kangaroo — BIP39 word #973

"**kangaroo**" is word #973 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [just](/bip39-word/just/) and [keen](/bip39-word/keen/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `01111001100`, decimal index 972\. 

/ˌkæŋɡəˈruː/  · _noun:_ a large jumping animal that carries its young in a pouch 

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

## 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):

[wet](/bip39-word/wet/)[define](/bip39-word/define/)[flower](/bip39-word/flower/)[hat](/bip39-word/hat/)[immense](/bip39-word/immense/)[laugh](/bip39-word/laugh/)[knee](/bip39-word/knee/)[joy](/bip39-word/joy/)[jungle](/bip39-word/jungle/)[keep](/bip39-word/keep/)[keen](/bip39-word/keen/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x3CC

4-Letter Prefix

kang

## About "kangaroo" in BIP39

- Two letters are enough: no other BIP39 word begins with **"ka"**, which makes "kangaroo" one of only 34 words that can be told apart this early.

## Word #973 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) nicota 

[French](/french/) hérisson 

[Italian](/italian/) manubrio 

[Japanese](/japanese/) せんしゅ 

[Korean](/korean/) 시어머니 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) guerrear 

[Spanish](/spanish/) ladrón 

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

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

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "K"

[ #974 keen ](/bip39-word/keen/)[ #975 keep ](/bip39-word/keep/)[ #976 ketchup ](/bip39-word/ketchup/)[ #977 key ](/bip39-word/key/)[ #989 knee ](/bip39-word/knee/)[ #990 knife ](/bip39-word/knife/)[ #991 knock ](/bip39-word/knock/)[ #992 know ](/bip39-word/know/) 

[View all words starting with "K" ](/bip39-words/k/) 

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [Bitcoin Core Seed Phrase: Why There Is None and How to Back Up](/bitcoin-core-seed-phrase-backup-guide/)
- [BIP38 Encrypted Private Keys: 6P Format and How to Decrypt](/bip38/)
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