UHLAN is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. UHLAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UHLAN?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UHLAN is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UHLAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
uhlansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How UHLAN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in UHLAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does UHLAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A light cavalry soldier armed with a lance, historically associated with Polish, German, and other central European armies.
An uhlan rode into battle carrying a long lance alongside a sabre and pistols, a combination that made such cavalry especially effective at charging and skirmishing before the age of mechanized warfare. Armies across nineteenth-century Europe, including Prussia and Russia, organized their own uhlan regiments modeled on earlier Polish lancer units.
How UHLAN is used
A historical military term, mostly encountered in accounts of European cavalry before the twentieth century.
- The uhlan lowered his lance as the charge began.
- A regiment of uhlans guarded the eastern flank of the army.
- Historians described the uhlan as a symbol of old-fashioned cavalry warfare.
- The painting showed an uhlan on horseback beneath a fluttering pennant.
- Her grandfather once served as an uhlan in a cavalry regiment.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UHLAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UHLAN
1 longer words begin with UHLAN.
Shorter words from the letters in UHLAN
Common questions about UHLAN
- Is UHLAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UHLAN, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UHLAN worth?
- UHLAN is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UHLAN mean?
- A light cavalry soldier armed with a lance, historically associated with Polish, German, and other central European armies.
- What letters can be added to UHLAN?
- UHLAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of UHLAN:
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