COCKY-ENCOUNTERS CROSSWORDWest Virginia Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
COCKY-ENCOUNTERS CROSSWORD is a $5 ticket from the West Virginia Lottery. With tickets selling faster than its top prizes are claimed, our estimate for the $50,000 prize has improved to about 1 in 333,831, from 1 in 419,692 at launch. On ValueScore it earns 70/100 (Good), good for the top-ranked $5 ticket in West Virginia right now.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 420K at launch, about 1 in 334K now. Tickets have sold faster than the $50,000 prizes have been claimed.
- The larger prizes are well stocked, with plenty of top and mid-tier winners still out there.
- About a 24% chance of a prize on each ticket (1 in 4.12), in line with most games.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | 1 in 400,000 | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| $1,000 | 1 in 240,000 | 5 | 4 | 80% |
| $500 | 1 in 37,500 | 32 | 27 | 84% |
| $100 | 1 in 792 | 1,515 | 1,199 | 79% |
| $50 | 1 in 94 | 12,763 | 10,115 | 79% |
| $25 | 1 in 44 | 27,554 | 21,909 | 80% |
| $20 | 1 in 34 | 35,428 | 28,066 | 79% |
| $15 | 1 in 23 | 51,169 | 40,624 | 79% |
| $10 | 1 in 23 | 51,166 | 40,618 | 79% |
| $5 | 1 in 10 | 125,966 | 100,516 | 80% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
All 3 $50,000 top prizes left on May 30, when our records for it began, are still unclaimed.
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.2% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, well below the average for West Virginia's $5 games (1.5% 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
- West Virginia
- Game Number
- 1258
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 5/26/2026
- Payout %
- 71.1%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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Every $5 ticket in West Virginia
All 12 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COCKY-ENCOUNTERS CROSSWORD (this game) | 70 | 1 in 4.12 | 71.1% | $50K · 3 | 0.2% |
| PICKLE-GRAFFITI-BOW WOW-JALAPENO KENO | 67 | 1 in 4.24 | 71.3% | $50K · 2 | 1.4% |
| BIG 7s - JUNGLE-LEGENDARY-RUST-INFINITE | 66 | 1 in 4.29 | 72.6% | $35K · 3 | 1.2% |
| MOTHMAN FORTUNE-MERRY LITTLE CRYPTIDS | 66 | 1 in 3.79 | 69.9% | $2K · 3 | 3.7% |
| I CAN'T EVEN 5 | 54 | 1 in 4.24 | 69.5% | $5K · 3 | 2.4% |
| TACO - BREW MATCH | 50 | 1 in 4.31 | 71.1% | $20K · 2 | 2.3% |
| GEMS & BLOCKS - WV POP! | 46 | 1 in 4.58 | 65.4% | $25K · 2 | 1.2% |
| CELEBRATE 40 5X | 45 | 1 in 4.29 | 71.9% | $50K · 1 | 1.3% |
| BLACKJACK - WILD CARD | 38 | 1 in 5.72 | 70.4% | $10K · 2 | 1.1% |
| MONEY MONEY MONEY - IN THE GREEN | 38 | 1 in 4.46 | 68.0% | $10K · 3 | 1.9% |
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.