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title: "BIP39 Word #1540: scatter — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/scatter/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1540 11000000011 

# scatter — BIP39 word #1540

"**scatter**" is word #1540 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [scare](/bip39-word/scare/) and [scene](/bip39-word/scene/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `11000000011`, decimal index 1539\. 

/ˈskætə/  · _verb:_ to throw or spread things in many directions 

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

## 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):

[document](/bip39-word/document/)[lesson](/bip39-word/lesson/)[there](/bip39-word/there/)[spare](/bip39-word/spare/)[silent](/bip39-word/silent/)[settle](/bip39-word/settle/)[second](/bip39-word/second/)[scrap](/bip39-word/scrap/)[science](/bip39-word/science/)[scan](/bip39-word/scan/)[scare](/bip39-word/scare/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x603

4-Letter Prefix

scat

## About "scatter" in BIP39

- "scatter" has 7 letters, but the first four, **"scat"**, already identify it, because **"sca"** also begins [scale](/bip39-word/scale/), [scan](/bip39-word/scan/) and [scare](/bip39-word/scare/).
- **"scat"** is unique only within the English list: it also begins scatenare in the [Italian list](/italian/), so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.

## Word #1540 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) slast 

[French](/french/) prédire 

[Italian](/italian/) saraceno 

[Japanese](/japanese/) はいせん 

[Korean](/korean/) 제일 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) possuir 

[Spanish](/spanish/) rabia 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Words sharing the first three letters "sca":

[scale](/bip39-word/scale/)[scan](/bip39-word/scan/)[scare](/bip39-word/scare/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "S"

[ #1536 say ](/bip39-word/say/)[ #1537 scale ](/bip39-word/scale/)[ #1538 scan ](/bip39-word/scan/)[ #1539 scare ](/bip39-word/scare/)[ #1541 scene ](/bip39-word/scene/)[ #1542 scheme ](/bip39-word/scheme/)[ #1543 school ](/bip39-word/school/)[ #1544 science ](/bip39-word/science/) 

[View all words starting with "S" ](/bip39-words/s/) 

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [BIP 44 – Multi-Account Hierarchy for Deterministic Wallets](/bip-44-multi-account-hierarchy-for-deterministic-wallets/)
- [Electrum Seed vs BIP39: Why Other Wallets Reject It](/electrum-seed-vs-bip39/)
- [Cold Sharding: Splitting a Private Key Into Offline Shamir Shares](/cold-sharding-method-private-key-storage-strategy/)

[ Full BIP39 Wordlist ](/)