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Maxes in Normal games in Welsh 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
25 January 201127 January 2011bronze pencil bronze pencil
28 January 201121 June 2013pencil pencil
22 June 20139 November 2013bronze pencil bronze pencil
10 November 201323 March 2014pencil pencil
24 March 201428 March 2014bronze pencil bronze pencil
29 March 201427 January 2015pencil pencil
28 January 201515 April 2015bronze pencil bronze pencil
16 April 20153 August 2015pencil pencil
4 August 201519 November 2015bronze pencil bronze pencil
20 November 201514 January 2016pencil pencil
15 January 201617 May 2016bronze pencil bronze pencil
18 May 20163 July 2016pencil pencil
4 July 20161 October 2016bronze pencil bronze pencil
2 October 201617 August 2018pencil pencil
18 August 201826 November 2018bronze pencil bronze pencil
27 November 201810 January 2019pencil pencil
11 January 201930 October 2019bronze pencil bronze pencil
31 October 201923 April 2020pencil pencil
24 April 202016 May 2020bronze pencil bronze pencil
17 May 202018 October 2020pencil pencil
19 October 20209 March 2021bronze pencil bronze pencil
10 March 20219 June 2023pencil pencil
10 June 20231 August 2023bronze pencil bronze pencil
2 August 202326 August 2023pencil pencil
27 August 20238 November 2023bronze pencil bronze pencil
9 November 20233 January 2024pencil pencil
4 January 202421 August 2024bronze pencil bronze pencil
22 August 202413 March 2025pencil pencil
14 March 202516 July 2025bronze pencil bronze pencil
17 July 202519 July 2025pencil pencil
20 July 202520 October 2025bronze pencil bronze pencil
21 October 202514 February 2026pencil pencil
15 February 202624 February 2026bronze pencil bronze pencil
25 February 202628 June 2026pencil pencil
29 June 2026Nowbronze pencil bronze pencil

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