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Maxes in Normal games in CSW 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
15 September 200814 March 2018pencil pencil
15 March 201829 March 2018bronze pencil bronze pencil
30 March 20184 October 2020pencil pencil
5 October 20202 December 2020bronze pencil bronze pencil
3 December 202012 December 2020pencil pencil
13 December 202013 April 2021bronze pencil bronze pencil
14 April 202110 June 2021pencil pencil
11 June 20212 August 2022bronze pencil bronze pencil
3 August 20224 February 2024pencil pencil
5 February 20244 May 2024bronze pencil bronze pencil
5 May 202428 October 2024pencil pencil
29 October 20242 May 2025bronze pencil bronze pencil
3 May 202510 August 2026pencil pencil
11 August 2026Nowbronze pencil bronze pencil

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