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Maxes in Normal games in Latin 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
4 May 20129 February 2019pencil pencil
10 February 20199 May 2019bronze pencil bronze pencil
10 May 201913 October 2019pencil pencil
14 October 20195 February 2020bronze pencil bronze pencil
6 February 202020 November 2020pencil pencil
21 November 20209 January 2021bronze pencil bronze pencil
10 January 202131 March 2021pencil pencil
1 April 202120 June 2021bronze pencil bronze pencil
21 June 202119 November 2021pencil pencil
20 November 20212 December 2021bronze pencil bronze pencil
3 December 20213 July 2023pencil pencil
4 July 20231 August 2023bronze pencil bronze pencil
2 August 202326 January 2024pencil pencil
27 January 202420 February 2024bronze pencil bronze pencil
21 February 202420 May 2024pencil pencil
21 May 20245 June 2024bronze pencil bronze pencil
6 June 202412 May 2026pencil pencil
13 May 202630 May 2026bronze pencil bronze pencil
31 May 2026Nowpencil pencil

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