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Beanstalk Variant: Beanstalk

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Maxes in Beanstalk 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
11 July 201720 November 2019bronze pencil bronze pencil
21 November 201923 November 2019silver pencil silver pencil
24 November 201930 October 2020bronze pencil bronze pencil
31 October 20209 November 2020silver pencil silver pencil
10 November 20202 June 2021bronze pencil bronze pencil
3 June 202119 June 2021silver pencil silver pencil
20 June 202128 September 2021bronze pencil bronze pencil
29 September 20212 January 2022silver pencil silver pencil
3 January 202223 December 2022bronze pencil bronze pencil
24 December 202226 December 2022silver pencil silver pencil
27 December 202223 June 2024bronze pencil bronze pencil
24 June 202424 June 2024silver pencil silver pencil
25 June 202422 September 2024bronze pencil bronze pencil
23 September 202412 January 2026silver pencil silver pencil
13 January 202610 July 2026bronze pencil bronze pencil
11 July 202615 August 2026silver pencil silver pencil
16 August 2026Nowbronze pencil bronze pencil

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