What o words have short vowel sounds?

The short O sound is pronounced generally as 'aah'.

-- O Words

Lots of Words spelled with the letter O have the short O sound: ox, odd, hot, pot, dot, cot, lot, not, spot, cop, pop, top, stop, mob, snob, rob, Opera, operate, object, olive, ostrich, occupy, bobcat, monster, modern, popular, positive.

-- A Words

Some Words can have a similar short O sound but are not spelled with the letter O.

Examples are: ma, pa, mafia, swab, waffle, watch

* The similar Words with OR and AW are caret O (or, all, force) or umlaut A (car, calm) rather than a short O sound. Most of these Words are spelled with or, au, ou, or al/all.