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The sound may be a short O (as in font) or a short U (rhymes with bunted).

In British English, it is an OR/AW sound (wawnt-ed, to rhyme with haunted).

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The "a" in "wanted" has a short sound. It is pronounced similar to the "a" in "cat" or "bat."

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