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Maxes in Duckdown 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
23 February 201222 February 2013pencil pencil
23 February 201324 September 2013bronze pencil bronze pencil
25 September 201325 October 2013silver pencil silver pencil
26 October 201326 July 2014bronze pencil bronze pencil
27 July 201424 October 2014silver pencil silver pencil
25 October 201416 April 2015bronze pencil bronze pencil
17 April 201519 May 2015pencil pencil
20 May 20156 June 2015bronze pencil bronze pencil
7 June 201517 September 2015pencil pencil
18 September 201513 October 2015bronze pencil bronze pencil
14 October 201523 October 2015silver pencil silver pencil
24 October 20157 July 2016bronze pencil bronze pencil
8 July 201618 September 2016pencil pencil
19 September 20166 September 2017bronze pencil bronze pencil
7 September 201713 September 2017pencil pencil
14 September 201720 June 2018bronze pencil bronze pencil
21 June 20184 August 2018pencil pencil
5 August 201818 February 2019bronze pencil bronze pencil
19 February 201926 July 2019pencil pencil
27 July 201920 December 2019bronze pencil bronze pencil
21 December 201919 March 2020silver pencil silver pencil
20 March 20203 April 2021bronze pencil bronze pencil
4 April 202116 May 2021silver pencil silver pencil
17 May 20218 September 2022bronze pencil bronze pencil
9 September 202226 October 2022silver pencil silver pencil
27 October 20225 January 2023bronze pencil bronze pencil
6 January 20237 January 2023silver pencil silver pencil
8 January 20231 March 2023bronze pencil bronze pencil
2 March 202312 April 2023silver pencil silver pencil
13 April 202321 August 2023bronze pencil bronze pencil
22 August 202318 September 2023silver pencil silver pencil
19 September 202319 December 2023bronze pencil bronze pencil
20 December 202328 December 2023silver pencil silver pencil
29 December 202329 March 2024bronze pencil bronze pencil
30 March 20243 April 2024silver pencil silver pencil
4 April 20243 July 2024bronze pencil bronze pencil
4 July 20245 October 2024silver pencil silver pencil
6 October 202430 January 2025bronze pencil bronze pencil
31 January 20254 May 2025pencil pencil
5 May 20252 March 2026bronze pencil bronze pencil
3 March 202614 March 2026pencil pencil
15 March 202616 April 2026bronze pencil bronze pencil
17 April 202627 June 2026silver pencil silver pencil
28 June 2026Nowbronze pencil bronze pencil

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