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Lockdown Jnr. Variant: Lockdown Jnr.

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Maxes in Lockdown Jnr. 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
22 April 201126 April 2011bronze pencil bronze pencil
27 April 201126 May 2011pencil pencil
27 May 20116 April 2012bronze pencil bronze pencil
7 April 201217 April 2012silver pencil silver pencil
18 April 201229 June 2013bronze pencil bronze pencil
30 June 201323 July 2013silver pencil silver pencil
24 July 201325 August 2013bronze pencil bronze pencil
26 August 201315 October 2013silver pencil silver pencil
16 October 201317 October 2013bronze pencil bronze pencil
18 October 201323 January 2014silver pencil silver pencil
24 January 201421 June 2014bronze pencil bronze pencil
22 June 201415 December 2014silver pencil silver pencil
16 December 201427 June 2015bronze pencil bronze pencil
28 June 20152 February 2016silver pencil silver pencil
3 February 201628 September 2016bronze pencil bronze pencil
29 September 201611 October 2016silver pencil silver pencil
12 October 201628 April 2018bronze pencil bronze pencil
29 April 201812 May 2018pencil pencil
13 May 20182 August 2020bronze pencil bronze pencil
3 August 202021 August 2020silver pencil silver pencil
22 August 20206 January 2021bronze pencil bronze pencil
7 January 202123 March 2021silver pencil silver pencil
24 March 202111 August 2021bronze pencil bronze pencil
12 August 202115 August 2021silver pencil silver pencil
16 August 20211 April 2022bronze pencil bronze pencil
2 April 202224 April 2022silver pencil silver pencil
25 April 20226 June 2022bronze pencil bronze pencil
7 June 20224 September 2022silver pencil silver pencil
5 September 20225 March 2023bronze pencil bronze pencil
6 March 202319 June 2023silver pencil silver pencil
20 June 202327 August 2023bronze pencil bronze pencil
28 August 202321 August 2024silver pencil silver pencil
22 August 202420 January 2025bronze pencil bronze pencil
21 January 202524 January 2025silver pencil silver pencil
25 January 202524 April 2025bronze pencil bronze pencil
25 April 202517 November 2025silver pencil silver pencil
18 November 20254 March 2026bronze pencil bronze pencil
5 March 20262 June 2026silver pencil silver pencil
3 June 20266 September 2026bronze pencil bronze pencil
7 September 2026Nowsilver pencil silver pencil

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