Word #1539 11000000010
scare — BIP39 word #1539
"scare" is word #1539 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between scan and scatter.
In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value
11000000010,
decimal index 1538.
/skeə/ · verb: to frighten someone or something
Russian: пугать
Binary Representation
Three 1-bits and eight 0-bits; 165 of the 2048 indexes have exactly three 1-bits.
One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first):
Position
#1539 of 2048
Hex Index
0x602
4-Letter Prefix
scar
About "scare" in BIP39
- "scare" has 5 letters, but the first four, "scar", already identify it, because "sca" also begins scale, scan and scatter.
- "scar" is unique only within the English list: it also begins scarso in the Italian list, so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.
Word #1539 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists
Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery
3 BIP39 words differ from "scare" by just a single letter — the most common source of typos when a seed phrase is entered by hand:
Read aloud, "scare" /skeə/ is one sound away from these 3 words: