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title: "BIP39 Word #1893: uncle — Seed Phrase Mnemonic Word"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/bip39-word/uncle/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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Word #1893 11101100100 

# uncle — BIP39 word #1893

"**uncle**" is word #1893 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between [unaware](/bip39-word/unaware/) and [uncover](/bip39-word/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](/ru/ "The BIP39 wordlist with Russian translations"): 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):

[hold](/bip39-word/hold/)[prosper](/bip39-word/prosper/)[smart](/bip39-word/smart/)[wish](/bip39-word/wish/)[tonight](/bip39-word/tonight/)[trigger](/bip39-word/trigger/)[update](/bip39-word/update/)[unique](/bip39-word/unique/)[ugly](/bip39-word/ugly/)[under](/bip39-word/under/)[uncover](/bip39-word/uncover/) 

Position

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](/bip39-word/uncover/).
- "uncle" appears in one of the 24 official English [test vectors](https://github.com/trezor/python-mnemonic/blob/master/vectors.json) of BIP39: vector #17 (word 16 of 18). Every official vector passes the [checksum checker](/bip39-checksum-checker/), and [How BIP39 works](/how-bip39-works/) shows how the entropy turns into such words.

Official test vector #17

[horn](/bip39-word/horn/) [tenant](/bip39-word/tenant/) [knee](/bip39-word/knee/) [talent](/bip39-word/talent/) [sponsor](/bip39-word/sponsor/) [spell](/bip39-word/spell/) [gate](/bip39-word/gate/) [clip](/bip39-word/clip/) [pulse](/bip39-word/pulse/) [soap](/bip39-word/soap/) [slush](/bip39-word/slush/) [warm](/bip39-word/warm/) [silver](/bip39-word/silver/) [nephew](/bip39-word/nephew/) [swap](/bip39-word/swap/) uncle [crack](/bip39-word/crack/) [brave](/bip39-word/brave/) 

## Word #1893 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists

[Czech](/czech/) vymizet 

[French](/french/) tonique 

[Italian](/italian/) trio 

[Japanese](/japanese/) めだつ 

[Korean](/korean/) 하룻밤 

[Portuguese](/portuguese/) tocha 

[Spanish](/spanish/) trabajo 

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

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

## Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery

Read aloud, "uncle" /ˈʌŋkl/ is one sound away from this word: 

[ankle /ˈæŋkl/](/bip39-word/ankle/) 

Words sharing the first three letters "unc":

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

## More BIP39 Words Starting with "U"

[ #1889 ugly ](/bip39-word/ugly/)[ #1890 umbrella ](/bip39-word/umbrella/)[ #1891 unable ](/bip39-word/unable/)[ #1892 unaware ](/bip39-word/unaware/)[ #1894 uncover ](/bip39-word/uncover/)[ #1895 under ](/bip39-word/under/)[ #1896 undo ](/bip39-word/undo/)[ #1897 unfair ](/bip39-word/unfair/) 

[View all words starting with "U" ](/bip39-words/u/) 

## Seed phrase, key and recovery guides

- [How to Memorize a Seed Phrase: Color, Story and Palace Methods](/seed-phrase-memory/)
- [What Is a Seed Phrase? How a Recovery Phrase Works](/recovery-seed-phrase-guide/)
- [What Is a Bitcoin Address and How Does It Work?](/what-is-a-bitcoin-address/)

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