ULAN is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. ULAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ULAN?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ULAN is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ULAN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ULAN scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ULAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What stands out about ULAN
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ULAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A light cavalry soldier armed with a lance, especially in the Prussian, Russian or Polish armies.
An ulan, also spelled uhlan, was a mounted lancer. This style of unit originated with Polish and Tatar cavalry and was later adopted across Central and Eastern Europe. Ulan regiments were a familiar sight in nineteenth-century European armies before mechanized warfare made the lance obsolete.
How ULAN is used
Found in military history writing about nineteenth- and early twentieth-century European armies.
- The ulan charged forward with his lance lowered.
- Prussian ulan regiments were famous for their speed on horseback.
- The painting shows a line of ulan riders crossing the field.
- By the First World War the ulan's lance was largely ceremonial.
- He served as an ulan in the cavalry before the war began.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ULAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ULAN
The 4 tiles of ULAN in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ULAN
1 longer words begin with ULAN.
Words ending in ULAN
4 words end in ULAN. Useful as a back hook: play ULAN onto a word already on the board.
Words with ULAN inside
Showing 24 of 78 words that contain ULAN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ULAN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ULAN
Common questions about ULAN
- Is ULAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ULAN, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ULAN worth?
- ULAN is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ULAN mean?
- A light cavalry soldier armed with a lance, especially in the Prussian, Russian or Polish armies.
- What letters can be added to ULAN?
- ULAN takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ULAN:
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