Word #1545 11000001000

scissors — BIP39 word #1545

"scissors" is word #1545 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between science and scorpion. In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value 11000001000, decimal index 1544.

/ˈsɪzəz/ · noun: a cutting tool with two crossing blades joined in the middle

Russian: ножницы

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):

donate library three speed simple shallow seek scale screen scout scorpion

Position

#1545 of 2048

Hex Index

0x608

4-Letter Prefix

scis

About "scissors" in BIP39

"scissors" has 8 letters, but the first four, "scis", already identify it, because "sci" also begins science.
"scissors" appears in one of the 24 official English test vectors of BIP39: vector #23 (word 1 of 18). Every official vector passes the checksum checker, and How BIP39 works shows how the entropy turns into such words.

Official test vector #23

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