Word #1996 11111001011

west — BIP39 word #1996

"west" is word #1996 of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, between welcome and wet. In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value 11111001011, decimal index 1995.

/wɛst/ · noun: the direction in which the sun sets

Russian: запад

Binary Representation

Eight 1-bits and three 0-bits; 165 of the 2048 indexes have exactly eight 1-bits.

One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first):

just ride sunny truly vapor word window wear wheat weird welcome

Position

#1996 of 2048

Hex Index

0x7CB

4-Letter Prefix

west

About "west" in BIP39

"west" has 4 letters, but the first three, "wes", already identify it, because "we" also begins 11 other words, among them wealth, weapon, wear and weasel. Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.