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Maxes in Lockdown games in English currently earn a silver pencil silver 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
17 February 201117 February 2012bronze pencil bronze pencil
18 February 201219 February 2013silver pencil silver pencil
20 February 201316 April 2013bronze pencil bronze pencil
17 April 201318 April 2013silver pencil silver pencil
19 April 20138 August 2013bronze pencil bronze pencil
9 August 20138 November 2013silver pencil silver pencil
9 November 201317 December 2013bronze pencil bronze pencil
18 December 20132 December 2014silver pencil silver pencil
3 December 201410 January 2016bronze pencil bronze pencil
11 January 20168 February 2016silver pencil silver pencil
9 February 20169 April 2016bronze pencil bronze pencil
10 April 20169 June 2016pencil pencil
10 June 20168 April 2017bronze pencil bronze pencil
9 April 20178 July 2017silver pencil silver pencil
9 July 201728 November 2017bronze pencil bronze pencil
29 November 201724 February 2018silver pencil silver pencil
25 February 201816 September 2018bronze pencil bronze pencil
17 September 201823 September 2018silver pencil silver pencil
24 September 201818 November 2018bronze pencil bronze pencil
19 November 201815 May 2019silver pencil silver pencil
16 May 201911 July 2019bronze pencil bronze pencil
12 July 20198 October 2019silver pencil silver pencil
9 October 201913 February 2020bronze pencil bronze pencil
14 February 202030 March 2020silver pencil silver pencil
31 March 20204 July 2020bronze pencil bronze pencil
5 July 20201 October 2020silver pencil silver pencil
2 October 202030 October 2020bronze pencil bronze pencil
31 October 202012 May 2021silver pencil silver pencil
13 May 202110 August 2021bronze pencil bronze pencil
11 August 20216 January 2022silver pencil silver pencil
7 January 202210 February 2022bronze pencil bronze pencil
11 February 202220 October 2022silver pencil silver pencil
21 October 202225 December 2022bronze pencil bronze pencil
26 December 202224 October 2023silver pencil silver pencil
25 October 20231 November 2023bronze pencil bronze pencil
2 November 20231 December 2023silver pencil silver pencil
2 December 20238 February 2024bronze pencil bronze pencil
9 February 202425 July 2024silver pencil silver pencil
26 July 202424 August 2024bronze pencil bronze pencil
25 August 202428 March 2025silver pencil silver pencil
29 March 202510 April 2025bronze pencil bronze pencil
11 April 20252 August 2025silver pencil silver pencil
3 August 202510 March 2026bronze pencil bronze pencil
11 March 2026Nowsilver pencil silver pencil

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