/aw/ Sound

   
    The North American /aw/ sound is one of the sounds with the greatest variation in pronunciation even within the continent. Some regions of the United States do not consider this to be a different sound from the short o. However, in many regions of the country it is a unique sound; therefore it is described separately.
     The letters (aw, au) have the same sound as short (o). The sound of (al) varies. It has either the short (o) sound as in talk, or may include the sound of “l” as in salt. (all) has a short (o) sound plus “l” as in ball.

spelling	example		other pronunciations for spelling
aw	law awful drawn		none
-o- (CVC)[1]	dog lost soft		short o (top) long o (most)
au	caution haunt author		none
augh	caught daughter taught		none
ough(+t)[2]	brought thought fought		none
(w+)a[3]	want wash watch		none

[1] o spelling followed by the letter r
When the consonant following the letter o is the letter r (as in the words for and order), the sound is usually pronounced as the or sound. If the or spelling occurs on an unstressed syllable (as in the words honor and factor), a schwa+r pronunciation is also possible.

[2] ough(+t) spelling
The ough spelling is pronounced with the aw sound when it is followed by the letter t. There are no pronunciation patterns when ough occurs at the end of a word. For example, the words enough, through, and though each have different pronunciations for the ough spelling.

[3] (w+)a spelling
The letter a is often pronounced as the aw sound when it occurs between the letter w and a consonant. Exceptions to this pattern include the words wax, waste, and wagon.

Spelling City brought the following list of words that are very representative of the /aw/ sound:

 

     And finally another small list of words with this sound I found:

awful	applause	almost	all
claw	August	alright	ball
crawl	Austin	also	call
draw	author	always	fall
jaw	because	chalk	hall
law	fault	malt	mall
lawn	haul	salt	small
paw	Paul	stalk	stall
raw	sauce	talk	tall
yawn	sausage	walk	wall