Word #2048 11111111111
zoo — BIP39 word #2048
"zoo" is the last of the 2048 words in the official BIP39 English wordlist, right after zone.
In a seed phrase it stands for the 11-bit value
11111111111,
decimal index 2047.
/zuː/ · noun: a place where wild animals are kept for people to see
Russian: зоопарк
Binary Representation
All eleven bits are 1: it is the only index without a 0-bit.
One wrong bit turns it into (leftmost bit first):
Position
#2048 of 2048
Hex Index
0x7FF
4-Letter Prefix
zoo
About "zoo" in BIP39
- It takes all three letters to identify "zoo": "zo" also begins zone. Three letters are enough for only 604 of the 2048 words.
- "zoo" appears in three of the 24 official English test vectors of BIP39: vectors #4 (words 1–11 of 12), #8 (words 1–17 of 18) and #12 (words 1–23 of 24). Every official vector passes the checksum checker, and How BIP39 works shows how the entropy turns into such words.
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Word #2048 in the Other 9 BIP39 Wordlists
Similar Words — Check Carefully During Recovery
Read aloud, "zoo" /zuː/ is one sound away from these 3 words: