You can make 6 words from how according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
All 3 letters words made out of how
how ohw hwo who owh woh
Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word how. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in how.
Definitions and meaning of how
how
Alternative forms
'ow
Pronunciation
enPR: hou, IPA(key): /haʊ/
(General Australian) IPA(key): /hæɔ/
Rhymes: -aʊ
Etymology 1
From Middle Englishhow, hou, hu, hwu, from Old Englishhū, from Proto-West Germanic*hwō, from Proto-Germanic*hwō(“through what, how”), from the same root as hwæt(“who, what”). /hw/ > /h/ due to wh-cluster reduction in Old English; compare who, which underwent this change later, and thus is spelt wh (Middle English spelling of /hw/) but pronounced /h/ (it previously had a different vowel, hence avoided the spelling and sound change in Old English). Vowel change per Great Vowel Shift.
Akin to Scotshoo, foo(“how”), Saterland Frisianwo(“how”), West Frisianhoe(“how”), Low Germanho, wo, wu(“how”), Dutchhoe(“how”), Germanwie(“how”), Swedishhur(“how”). See who and compare why.
Adverb
how (not comparable)
(interrogative) To what degree or extent.
The gauge indicated how hot the oven was.
(interrogative) In what manner:
By what means.
She showed him how to do it.
With overtones of why, for what reason.
In what form, shape, measure, quantity, etc.
With what meaning or effect.
How the stock market interprets events has real consequences.
By what title or what name.
At what price, for what amount (of money).
(interrogative) In what state or condition.
2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
How's the new apartment? — The new apartment is great!
(exclamative)Used as a modifier to indicate surprise, delight, or other strong feelings in an exclamation.
Usage notes
See usage notes on else(adverb).
How good is it? means "To what extent is it good?", whereas How is it good? means "In what manner is it good?". Likewise, I know how good it is means "I know the extent to which it is good", whereas I know how it is good means "I know the manner in which it is good".
Derived terms
Translations
Conjunction
how
The manner or way in which.
I remember how I solved this puzzle.
In any way in which; in whatever way; however.
People should be free to live how they want.
That, the fact that.
She told me how her father was a doctor.
Translations
Noun
how (pluralhowsorhow's)
The means by which something is accomplished.
I am not interested in the why, but in the how.
Etymology 2
From Middle Englishhowe, hough, hogh, partly from Old Englishhōh(“promontory”), and partly from Old Norsehaugr(“a how, mound”). Compare Old Frenchhöe(“hillock, hill”), from the same Germanic source.
Alternative forms
howe
Noun
how (pluralhows)
(dialectal) An artificial barrow or tumulus; in later folklore, associated with fairies.
(dialectal) A small hill in northern England.
Usage notes
Usage is preserved mainly in place names.
Etymology 3
From a Siouan language; compare Lakotaháu. Alternatively from Wyandothaau.
Alternative forms
howgh
Interjection
how
A greeting, used in representations of Native American speech.
References
“how”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
“how”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
“how”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
W.H.O., WHO, Who, who
Abau
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /hou/
Noun
how
taro
Alabama
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Adverb
how
yes
Synonyms
yamá
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɔw/, [ow]
Adverb
how
here
Further reading
Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “how”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
Starosta, Manfred (1999) “how”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old Englishhū, from Proto-West Germanic*hwō, from Proto-Germanic*hwō.
Alternative forms
hou, howe, hu, hwu, whu, wou, wu
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /huː/, /wuː/
Adverb
how
how
Descendants
English: how
Geordie English: hoo
Scots: hoo, how, foo
Yola: fowe, how
Conjunction
how
how
Descendants
English: how
Geordie English: hoo
Scots: hoo, how, foo
References
“hǒu, conjunctive adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
Noun
how
Alternative form of hough(“promontory”)
Yola
Adverb
how
Alternative form of fowe
References
Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 80