One Word Crossword is one of the Oregon Lottery's $20 games. With tickets selling faster than its top prizes are claimed, our estimate for the $125,000 prize has improved to about 1 in 113,344, from 1 in 134,374 at launch. Its ValueScore of 95/100 (Excellent) makes it first of the 8 active $20 games in Oregon. 52% of its winning tickets pay $20 or less, no more than the ticket cost. Its overall odds of 1 in 2.77 beat the 1 in 3.31 typical of Oregon's $20 games.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 134K at launch, about 1 in 113K now. Tickets have sold faster than the $125,000 prizes have been claimed.
- Winning tickets come up at a 36% clip (1 in 2.77), above the norm.
- The bigger prize tiers here have plenty left to win.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 14Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $125,000 | 1 in 142,857 | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| $10,000 | 1 in 100,000 | 4 | 4 | 100% |
| $2,000 | 1 in 20,000 | 20 | 17 | 85% |
| $500 | 1 in 654 | 615 | 514 | 84% |
| $200 | 1 in 199 | 2,027 | 1,713 | 85% |
| $150 | 1 in 146 | 2,756 | 2,292 | 83% |
| $100 | 1 in 61 | 6,620 | 5,575 | 84% |
| $80 | 1 in 493 | 816 | 697 | 85% |
| $75 | 1 in 333 | 1,209 | 1,027 | 85% |
| $60 | 1 in 197 | 2,039 | 1,711 | 84% |
| $50 | 1 in 46 | 8,692 | 7,318 | 84% |
| $30 | 1 in 9 | 45,293 | 38,140 | 84% |
| $20 | 1 in 5 | 75,437 | 63,744 | 84% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
All 3 $125,000 top prizes left on June 22, when our records for it began, are still unclaimed.
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 2% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, about 4 times the average for Oregon's $20 games (0.5% a week).
From ScratchCheck's daily record of the lottery's published prize counts. Dates are when a claim first appeared in those counts, and small prizes are often cashed days after purchase, so claims trail actual sales.
ValueScore™ Breakdown
Game Details
- State
- Oregon
- Game Number
- 1601
- Ticket Price
- $20
- Start Date
- 8/11/2026
- Payout %
- 72.1%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/14/2026
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| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| One Word Crossword (this game) | 95 | 1 in 2.77 | 72.1% | $125K · 3 | 2.0% |
| Cash Money | 94 | 1 in 3.57 | 73.5% | $100K · 2 | 1.0% |
| Winter Wonderland | 88 | 1 in 3.33 | 71.2% | $100K · 2 | - |
| Phoenix Crossword | 67 | 1 in 2.74 | 72.7% | $175K · 1 | 0.5% |
| Mega 50X Multiplier | 59 | 1 in 3.31 | 71.7% | $120K · 1 | 1.0% |
| 50X | 56 | 1 in 2.82 | 71.7% | $150K · 1 | 0.1% |
| Diamond White 7s | 55 | 1 in 2.82 | 72.1% | $150K · 0 | 0.1% |
| $100 Or $200 Limited | 15 | 1 in 8.75 | - | $200 · 3,914 | - |
Claimed per week: share of each game's printed prizes reported claimed per week over the last 4 weeks, from our daily records of the lottery's prize counts.