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title: "BIP39 Word #1302: pencil — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/pencil/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1302 10100010101 

# pencil — BIP39 word #1302

"**pencil**" is word #1302 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [penalty](/bip39-word/penalty/) and [people](/bip39-word/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](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): 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):

[cargo](/bip39-word/cargo/)[tired](/bip39-word/tired/)[live](/bip39-word/live/)[razor](/bip39-word/razor/)[primary](/bip39-word/primary/)[pluck](/bip39-word/pluck/)[pass](/bip39-word/pass/)[photo](/bip39-word/photo/)[peasant](/bip39-word/peasant/)[pepper](/bip39-word/pepper/)[penalty](/bip39-word/penalty/) 

Position

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](/bip39-word/pen/) and [penalty](/bip39-word/penalty/).
- Its first letters also spell another BIP39 word, [pen](/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](/portuguese/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #1302 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) poskok 

[French](/french/) nation 

[Italian](/italian/) pizzico 

[Japanese](/japanese/) てんいん 

[Korean](/korean/) 은행 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) morena 

[Spanish](/spanish/) olla 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Words sharing the first three letters "pen":

[pen](/bip39-word/pen/)[penalty](/bip39-word/penalty/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "P"

[ #1298 peasant ](/bip39-word/peasant/)[ #1299 pelican ](/bip39-word/pelican/)[ #1300 pen ](/bip39-word/pen/)[ #1301 penalty ](/bip39-word/penalty/)[ #1303 people ](/bip39-word/people/)[ #1304 pepper ](/bip39-word/pepper/)[ #1305 perfect ](/bip39-word/perfect/)[ #1306 permit ](/bip39-word/permit/) 

[View all words starting with "P" ](/bip39-words/p/) 

## 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/)
- [BIP39 Passphrase: How the 25th Word Creates a Hidden Wallet](/bip39-passphrase/)

[ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)