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Hyperlock Variant: Hyperlock

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Maxes in Hyperlock games in English currently earn a bronze pencil bronze pencil.

Pencil colour is based on the rate of pencils recently awarded in this variant and dictionary per round played. The rarer the pencils become, the higher the award (from normal to bronze to silver to gold).

FromToPencil
20 March 201114 October 2011pencil pencil
15 October 201123 November 2011bronze pencil bronze pencil
24 November 201125 June 2012pencil pencil
26 June 201222 September 2012bronze pencil bronze pencil
23 September 201219 March 2013pencil pencil
20 March 201317 December 2014bronze pencil bronze pencil
18 December 201423 December 2014pencil pencil
24 December 201425 September 2015bronze pencil bronze pencil
26 September 201521 November 2015silver pencil silver pencil
22 November 20152 June 2016bronze pencil bronze pencil
3 June 201622 July 2016pencil pencil
23 July 20168 January 2017bronze pencil bronze pencil
9 January 20179 March 2017pencil pencil
10 March 201715 June 2017bronze pencil bronze pencil
16 June 201717 August 2017pencil pencil
18 August 201716 January 2018bronze pencil bronze pencil
17 January 201817 March 2019pencil pencil
18 March 201917 June 2019bronze pencil bronze pencil
18 June 201917 August 2019pencil pencil
18 August 20199 December 2019bronze pencil bronze pencil
10 December 201910 March 2020pencil pencil
11 March 202023 September 2021bronze pencil bronze pencil
24 September 20215 October 2021silver pencil silver pencil
6 October 202117 March 2022bronze pencil bronze pencil
18 March 202215 May 2022silver pencil silver pencil
16 May 202221 April 2024bronze pencil bronze pencil
22 April 202428 May 2024pencil pencil
29 May 20244 August 2024bronze pencil bronze pencil
5 August 202429 November 2024silver pencil silver pencil
30 November 202416 December 2024bronze pencil bronze pencil
17 December 202419 March 2025silver pencil silver pencil
20 March 202528 April 2025bronze pencil bronze pencil
29 April 20255 May 2025silver pencil silver pencil
6 May 20252 September 2025bronze pencil bronze pencil
3 September 202516 June 2026silver pencil silver pencil
17 June 2026Nowbronze pencil bronze pencil

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