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Junior Variant: Junior

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Maxes in Junior games in CSW currently earn a pencil 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
27 May 200919 February 2022pencil pencil
20 February 202228 March 2022bronze pencil bronze pencil
29 March 20222 July 2022pencil pencil
3 July 202224 September 2022bronze pencil bronze pencil
25 September 202220 August 2023pencil pencil
21 August 202318 November 2023bronze pencil bronze pencil
19 November 2023Nowpencil pencil

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