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Board Electrum
Re: Noob questions about Electrum
by
bitmover
on 04/11/2021, 16:30:08 UTC
In the future, if I enter 11 words, and I sort through 12 words manually, will I be able to get to another wallet?

There are 2048 words.

Not all combinations of word will generate a new wallet, as there is  checksum. You can play with it here:
https://iancoleman.io/bip39/

If you play around with 12 random words there you will see that not word combinations will generate a valid wallet.

Also, remember that the words are not unique. You can have a wallet with 12 equal words that will pass the chekcsum and generate a valid wallet. For example, lets try this:

Code:
word word word word word word word word word word word word

But the combinatio of small 12x will generate an invalid mnemonic:
Code:
small small small small small small small small small small small small


So are you feeling lucky and want to try to find some coins? Just go to https://iancoleman.io/bip39/ and click GENERATE button to generate new valid mnemonic combination, ie, new wallets. You will see that you will never find anything...