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Unlimited Jnr. Variant: Unlimited Jnr.

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Maxes in Unlimited Jnr. games in English currently earn a silver pencil silver 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
6 April 201030 July 2010pencil pencil
31 July 201015 June 2012bronze pencil bronze pencil
16 June 201211 January 2013silver pencil silver pencil
12 January 201319 October 2013bronze pencil bronze pencil
20 October 201315 March 2014silver pencil silver pencil
16 March 201414 May 2014bronze pencil bronze pencil
15 May 201422 September 2014silver pencil silver pencil
23 September 201416 May 2015bronze pencil bronze pencil
17 May 201512 August 2015silver pencil silver pencil
13 August 201528 January 2016bronze pencil bronze pencil
29 January 201628 April 2016pencil pencil
29 April 201615 September 2020bronze pencil bronze pencil
16 September 202026 November 2020silver pencil silver pencil
27 November 202013 February 2022bronze pencil bronze pencil
14 February 20225 July 2023silver pencil silver pencil
6 July 202311 August 2023gold pencil gold pencil
12 August 202329 November 2023silver pencil silver pencil
30 November 202322 January 2024gold pencil gold pencil
23 January 202425 July 2025silver pencil silver pencil
26 July 202520 March 2026gold pencil gold pencil
21 March 202615 June 2026silver pencil silver pencil
16 June 202628 July 2026gold pencil gold pencil
29 July 2026Nowsilver pencil silver pencil

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