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title: "BIP39 Word #1221: obtain — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/obtain/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1221 10011000100 

# obtain — BIP39 word #1221

"**obtain**" is word #1221 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [observe](/bip39-word/observe/) and [obvious](/bip39-word/obvious/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `10011000100`, decimal index 1220\. 

/əbˈteɪn/  · _verb:_ to get something, especially by effort 

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

## Binary Representation

Four 1-bits and seven 0-bits; 330 of the 2048 indexes have exactly four 1-bits.

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

[blush](/bip39-word/blush/)[sudden](/bip39-word/sudden/)[review](/bip39-word/review/)[mass](/bip39-word/mass/)[mountain](/bip39-word/mountain/)[orient](/bip39-word/orient/)[once](/bip39-word/once/)[office](/bip39-word/office/)[object](/bip39-word/object/)[occur](/bip39-word/occur/)[obvious](/bip39-word/obvious/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x4C4

4-Letter Prefix

obta

## About "obtain" in BIP39

- "obtain" has 6 letters, but the first three, **"obt"**, already identify it, because **"ob"** also begins [obey](/bip39-word/obey/), [object](/bip39-word/object/), [oblige](/bip39-word/oblige/), [obscure](/bip39-word/obscure/), [observe](/bip39-word/observe/) and [obvious](/bip39-word/obvious/). Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.

## Word #1221 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) platit 

[French](/french/) méditer 

[Italian](/italian/) pandoro 

[Japanese](/japanese/) つうはん 

[Korean](/korean/) 온통 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) manter 

[Spanish](/spanish/) naval 

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

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

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "O"

[ #1217 object ](/bip39-word/object/)[ #1218 oblige ](/bip39-word/oblige/)[ #1219 obscure ](/bip39-word/obscure/)[ #1220 observe ](/bip39-word/observe/)[ #1222 obvious ](/bip39-word/obvious/)[ #1223 occur ](/bip39-word/occur/)[ #1224 ocean ](/bip39-word/ocean/)[ #1225 october ](/bip39-word/october/) 

[View all words starting with "O" ](/bip39-words/o/) 

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