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Maxes in Deepdown 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
18 February 201418 May 2014bronze pencil bronze pencil
19 May 201417 July 2014silver pencil silver pencil
18 July 201416 October 2014bronze pencil bronze pencil
17 October 201419 February 2015silver pencil silver pencil
20 February 20154 November 2015bronze pencil bronze pencil
5 November 201521 February 2016silver pencil silver pencil
22 February 201617 December 2016bronze pencil bronze pencil
18 December 201618 January 2017silver pencil silver pencil
19 January 201724 February 2017bronze pencil bronze pencil
25 February 201711 March 2017pencil pencil
12 March 20175 November 2017bronze pencil bronze pencil
6 November 201716 November 2017pencil pencil
17 November 20174 April 2018bronze pencil bronze pencil
5 April 201810 May 2018pencil pencil
11 May 20187 June 2018bronze pencil bronze pencil
8 June 201823 August 2018pencil pencil
24 August 201824 June 2020bronze pencil bronze pencil
25 June 202027 September 2020silver pencil silver pencil
28 September 202022 October 2020bronze pencil bronze pencil
23 October 20209 January 2021silver pencil silver pencil
10 January 202111 June 2021bronze pencil bronze pencil
12 June 20212 July 2021pencil pencil
3 July 20219 July 2021bronze pencil bronze pencil
10 July 202111 July 2021pencil pencil
12 July 202119 July 2021bronze pencil bronze pencil
20 July 202114 October 2021silver pencil silver pencil
15 October 202121 December 2021bronze pencil bronze pencil
22 December 202121 March 2022silver pencil silver pencil
22 March 202212 November 2022bronze pencil bronze pencil
13 November 20228 February 2023silver pencil silver pencil
9 February 202312 April 2023bronze pencil bronze pencil
13 April 202313 May 2023silver pencil silver pencil
14 May 202329 May 2023bronze pencil bronze pencil
30 May 20233 September 2023silver pencil silver pencil
4 September 20237 September 2023bronze pencil bronze pencil
8 September 202319 February 2024silver pencil silver pencil
20 February 202412 March 2024bronze pencil bronze pencil
13 March 20249 June 2024silver pencil silver pencil
10 June 202430 November 2024bronze pencil bronze pencil
1 December 202428 February 2025silver pencil silver pencil
1 March 20258 May 2025bronze pencil bronze pencil
9 May 202522 October 2025silver pencil silver pencil
23 October 2025Nowbronze pencil bronze pencil

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