What words that begin with the short a sound?

You're asking for words that start with the short "a" sound, but there isn't one specific letter that represents that sound. It can be spelled in several ways:

* a: apple, ant, at, cat, hat

* e: egg, end, elephant, engine

* ai: air, chair, fair, hair, pair

* ay: day, play, say, way

* ea: bread, head, dead, thread

* u: cup, duck, jump, mud

Let me know if you'd like a list of words beginning with any of these spellings!