3 of 3
top prizes of $70,000 still out there
Ticket price$3
Top prize$70,000
Launch odds1 in 4.09
Prizes remaining (all tiers)765,671
Est. tickets left
≈97%
Winter Words is a $3 scratch-off from the Illinois Lottery (game #7680) with a top prize of $70,000 and overall odds of 1 in 4.09 at launch. All 3 top prizes are still unclaimed and an estimated 97% of tickets remain. Across every prize tier, 765,671 prizes are still out there (it started with 789,986).
"Winter Words" just reached Illinois stores with three top prizes of $70,000. A new game is the easiest kind to judge. No prizes have been claimed, and the printed odds are accurate for now. Every day of sales changes that, and this page tracks it.
Today's free summary of "Winter Words" ends here. Every number behind it is on this page.
| Prize | Still out there | Started with |
|---|---|---|
| $70,000 | 3 | 3 |
| $7,000 | 6 | 6 |
| $700 | 60 | 60 |
| $500 | 259 | 271 |
| $200 | 257 | 267 |
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Is Winter Words still worth buying? By our math it has a
SmartScratcher Score and a rank among all 51 Illinois games
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| $120 | 254 | 263 |
| $100 | 1,299 | 1,337 |
| $75 | 1,048 | 1,082 |
| $72 | 516 | 537 |
| $70 | 777 | 801 |
| $60 | 1,045 | 1,075 |
| $50 | 5,198 | 5,369 |
| $42 | 1,300 | 1,352 |
| $36 | 2,590 | 2,680 |
| $35 | 1,304 | 1,346 |
| $30 | 6,528 | 6,742 |
| $25 | 7,830 | 8,095 |
| $21 | 10,478 | 10,790 |
| $20 | 10,398 | 10,752 |
| $18 | 17,200 | 17,789 |
| $15 | 23,540 | 24,290 |
| $12 | 31,335 | 32,333 |
| $10 | 39,139 | 40,376 |
| $9 | 62,614 | 64,666 |
| $6 | 156,685 | 161,665 |
| $5 | 133,207 | 137,375 |
| $3 | 250,801 | 258,664 |
Prize counts come straight from official Illinois lottery data. SmartScratcher refreshes them every morning — last update Nov 5, 2026.
The share of Winter Words tickets still unsold, by our count, since SmartScratcher started tracking it on Nov 3, 2026. The game may have been on sale before that.
About 98% of Winter Words tickets were still out there on Nov 3, 2026. About 97% are left as of Nov 5, 2026.
By our count, from the prizes the Illinois Lottery reports unclaimed each morning. Hover or tap a point for its number.
3 of the 3 top prizes of $70,000 are still unclaimed, according to official Illinois lottery data from Nov 5, 2026.
Winter Words is a $3 scratch-off. It is game #7680 from the Illinois Lottery.
The overall odds printed at launch are 1 in 4.09, counting every prize tier. Odds shift as tickets sell and prizes get claimed — that's exactly what the prize table on this page tracks.
Prize counts come straight from official Illinois lottery data, last refreshed on Nov 5, 2026. SmartScratcher updates every morning.
Prize counts are just the start. SmartScratcher turns them into a ticket value, a 0–100 score, and a straight answer for every game — so you skip the picked-clean ones and play the good ones.
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