What is the first word in the dictionary?

Answer 1

aardvark

Answer 2

That depends on which dictionary.

Merriam-Webster Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Oxford English Dictionary (descriptive)
Concise Oxford Dictionary
New Oxford Dictionary of English
New Oxford American Dictionary
Canadian Oxford Dictionary
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
ITP Nelson Canadian Dictionary
Webster's New Universal Unabridged Dictionary
Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language (prescriptive)
Noah Webster's An American Dictionary of the English Language (prescriptive)
Webster's Third New International Dictionary (descriptive)
The Century Dictionary
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Macquarie Dictionary, The, a dictionary of Australian English
Chambers Dictionary
Collins COBUILD
Collins English Dictionary
Gage Canadian Dictionary
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Black's Law Dictionary, a law dictionary
Webster's New World Dictionary

Answer 3

The first word in the dictionary is "a."

Answer 4

actually according to Merriam-Webster Online the 1st word in the dictionary is actually a number.... 1080.

Main Entry: 1080
Variant(s): also ten-eighty /(")ten-'A-tE/
Function: noun
Etymology: from its laboratory serial number
: a poisonous preparation of sodium fluoroacetate used as a rodenticide and pesticide

Answer 5

a

Answer 6

A is for....aardvark.