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title: "BIP39 Word #1547: scout — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/scout/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1547 11000001010 

# scout — BIP39 word #1547

"**scout**" is word #1547 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [scorpion](/bip39-word/scorpion/) and [scrap](/bip39-word/scrap/). In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value `11000001010`, decimal index 1546\. 

/skaʊt/  · _noun:_ a person sent ahead to gather information, or a youth movement member 

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

## 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):

[donor](/bip39-word/donor/)[life](/bip39-word/life/)[throw](/bip39-word/throw/)[spend](/bip39-word/spend/)[sing](/bip39-word/sing/)[shed](/bip39-word/shed/)[select](/bip39-word/select/)[scare](/bip39-word/scare/)[scrub](/bip39-word/scrub/)[scissors](/bip39-word/scissors/)[scrap](/bip39-word/scrap/) 

Position

Hex Index

0x60A

4-Letter Prefix

scou

## About "scout" in BIP39

- "scout" has 5 letters, but the first four, **"scou"**, already identify it, because **"sco"** also begins [scorpion](/bip39-word/scorpion/).

## Word #1547 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) slina 

[French](/french/) primitif 

[Italian](/italian/) saturno 

[Japanese](/japanese/) はかい 

[Korean](/korean/) 조건 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) prancha 

[Spanish](/spanish/) rancho 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "scout" /skaʊt/ is one sound away from these 2 words: 

[skate /skeɪt/](/bip39-word/skate/)[skirt /skɜːt/](/bip39-word/skirt/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "sco":

[scorpion](/bip39-word/scorpion/) 

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "S"

[ #1543 school ](/bip39-word/school/)[ #1544 science ](/bip39-word/science/)[ #1545 scissors ](/bip39-word/scissors/)[ #1546 scorpion ](/bip39-word/scorpion/)[ #1548 scrap ](/bip39-word/scrap/)[ #1549 screen ](/bip39-word/screen/)[ #1550 script ](/bip39-word/script/)[ #1551 scrub ](/bip39-word/scrub/) 

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

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [Seed Phrase vs Private Key: What's the Difference?](/seed-phrase-vs-private-key/)
- [Private Key QR Code Risks: Why Online Generators Are Unsafe](/qr-code-private-key-security-risks/)
- [Seed Phrase Formats by Network: BIP39 and the Exceptions](/seed-phrase-formats-by-network/)

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