Word #1544 11000000111

science — BIP39 word #1544

"science" is word #1544 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between school and scissors. In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value 11000000111, decimal index 1543.

/ˈsaɪəns/ · noun: the study of the natural world through observation and experiment

Russian: наука

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):

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Position

#1544 of 2048

Hex Index

0x607

4-Letter Prefix

scie

About "science" in BIP39

"science" has 7 letters, but the first four, "scie", already identify it, because "sci" also begins scissors.
The same spelling is in the French BIP39 wordlist, but as word #1728 (index 1727), not #1544. A wallet set to French reads "science" as 11010111111 instead of 11000000111, and decodes index 1543 as "présence".
"scie" is unique only within the English list: it also begins scienza in the Italian list, so a four-letter backup should say which list it uses.