Word #1255 10011100110

orphan — BIP39 word #1255

"orphan" is word #1255 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between original and ostrich. In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value 10011100110, decimal index 1254.

/ˈɔːfᵊn/ · noun: a child whose parents have both died

Russian: сирота

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):

broom system rubber mimic network occur paddle oven ordinary orient ostrich

Position

#1255 of 2048

Hex Index

0x4E6

4-Letter Prefix

orph

About "orphan" in BIP39

"orphan" has 6 letters, but the first three, "orp", already identify it, because "or" also begins 8 other words, among them orange, orbit, orchard and order. Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.