Word #1057 10000100000

lottery — BIP39 word #1057

"lottery" is word #1057 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between loop and loud. In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value 10000100000, decimal index 1056.

/ˈlɒtᵊri/ · noun: a game in which numbered tickets are drawn at random for prizes

Russian: лотерея

Binary Representation

Two 1-bits and nine 0-bits; 55 of the 2048 indexes have exactly two 1-bits.

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

Position

#1057 of 2048

Hex Index

0x420

4-Letter Prefix

lott

About "lottery" in BIP39

  • "lottery" has 7 letters, but the first three, "lot", already identify it, because "lo" also begins 13 other words, among them load, loan, lobster and local. Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.
  • "lott" is unique only within the English list: it also begins lotteria in the Italian list, so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

Word #1057 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

Czech odmlka
French intrigue
Italian motto
Japanese たいおう
Korean 악몽
Portuguese inquieto
Spanish lucha

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