Word #1893 11101100100
uncle — BIP39 word #1893
"uncle" is word #1893 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between unaware and uncover.
In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value
11101100100,
decimal index 1892.
/ˈʌŋkl/ · noun: the brother of your father or mother, or your aunt's husband
Russian: дядя
Binary Representation
Six 1-bits and five 0-bits; 462 of the 2048 indexes have exactly six 1-bits.
One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first):
Position
#1893 of 2048
Hex Index
0x764
4-Letter Prefix
uncl
About "uncle" in BIP39
- "uncle" has 5 letters, but the first four, "uncl", already identify it, because "unc" also begins uncover.
- "uncle" appears in one of the 24 official English test vectors of BIP39: vector #17 (word 16 of 18). Every official vector passes the checksum checker, and How BIP39 works shows how the entropy turns into such words.
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Word #1893 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists
Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery
Read aloud, "uncle" /ˈʌŋkl/ is one sound away from this word:
Words sharing the first three letters "unc":