One-Word Crossword — $3 Iowa Scratch Game #813
As of October 14, 2026, One-Word Crossword ($3, #813) still has 11 of 14 $30,000 top prizes unclaimed (79% of those printed). It is #19 of 50 Iowa scratch games on our list (games with a top prize still unclaimed first, by the share of their top prizes still unclaimed, then by the better overall odds). Iowa prints its overall odds as 1 in 3.82.
No payout figure, on purpose. Iowa publishes only the prizes of $50 and up for each game, with how many have been claimed and how many are left. A payout, an expected value or the odds today each need every prize level and how many were printed, so for Iowa we show exactly what its lottery publishes and compute nothing from it. A figure built from part of a table would be wrong, not rough: it is how one state's partial table produced games that appeared to pay back more than they cost. How we treat partial prize tables.
Prizes remaining, as Iowa publishes them
This is a partial prize table. Iowa publishes the top four prize levels of One-Word Crossword and how many of each were printed and are left. The levels below are not published, so they are not here. Nothing in this table is an estimate. For the complete prize structure see the game's page on the Iowa Lottery site.
| Prize | Remaining | Printed | Claimed |
|---|---|---|---|
| $30,000 | 11 | 14 | 3 |
| $1,000 | 125 | 148 | 23 |
| $200 | 710 | 855 | 145 |
| $100 | 1,910 | 2,293 | 383 |
One-Word Crossword: common questions
- How many $30,000 top prizes are left in One-Word Crossword?
- 11 of the 14 printed, as of October 14, 2026.
- What are the odds of winning on One-Word Crossword?
- Iowa prints overall odds of 1 in 3.82 for One-Word Crossword: the chance a ticket wins any prize at all, fixed when the game was printed. It does not publish the odds of each prize level, so we do not show any.
- Is One-Word Crossword a good scratch game to buy?
- We cannot price it. Iowa publishes only the prizes of $50 and up for each game, with how many have been claimed and how many are left, and a value needs the whole table. What the figures do say is that its top prize is still in play (11 of 14 left).
- How does One-Word Crossword compare with other $3 Iowa scratch games?
- 6 of the 6 $3 games Iowa lists still have a top prize unclaimed. One-Word Crossword is #19 of 50 on our Iowa list (games with a top prize still unclaimed first, by the share of their top prizes still unclaimed, then by the better overall odds).
- Where do these numbers come from?
- From the Iowa Lottery's own prize figures, read daily. We show its prize levels of $50 and up as published and calculate nothing from them.
Other $3 Iowa scratch games
- Crossword Gold — top prize $30,000, 9 of 9 left, overall odds 1 in 3.82
- Unlock It — top prize $30,000, 17 of 18 left, overall odds 1 in 3.51
- Pirate's Treasure — top prize $30,000, 5 of 8 left, overall odds 1 in 3.51
- UNO™ — top prize $30,000, 6 of 10 left, overall odds 1 in 3.79
- $30,000 Crossword — top prize $30,000, 44 of 151 left, overall odds 1 in 3.52