Word #1302 10100010101
pencil — BIP39 word #1302
"pencil" is word #1302 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between penalty and people.
In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value
10100010101,
decimal index 1301.
/ˈpɛnsl/ · noun: a writing tool made of a thin stick of graphite in wood
Russian: карандаш
Binary Representation
Five 1-bits and six 0-bits; 462 of the 2048 indexes have exactly five 1-bits.
One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first):
Position
#1302 of 2048
Hex Index
0x515
4-Letter Prefix
penc
About "pencil" in BIP39
- "pencil" has 6 letters, but the first four, "penc", already identify it, because "pen" also begins pen and penalty.
- Its first letters also spell another BIP39 word, pen. Write "pencil" out in full: cut short, it turns into a different valid word.
- "penc" is unique only within the English list: it also begins penca in the Portuguese list, so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.