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Maxes in Nasty 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
30 March 201012 June 2010pencil pencil
13 June 201024 October 2011bronze pencil bronze pencil
25 October 201128 January 2012silver pencil silver pencil
29 January 201215 April 2013bronze pencil bronze pencil
16 April 201326 April 2014silver pencil silver pencil
27 April 20144 May 2014bronze pencil bronze pencil
5 May 201419 February 2016silver pencil silver pencil
20 February 201614 December 2016bronze pencil bronze pencil
15 December 201614 February 2017silver pencil silver pencil
15 February 201719 August 2017bronze pencil bronze pencil
20 August 201724 March 2018silver pencil silver pencil
25 March 201831 March 2018bronze pencil bronze pencil
1 April 201813 April 2018silver pencil silver pencil
14 April 201821 July 2018bronze pencil bronze pencil
22 July 201814 October 2018silver pencil silver pencil
15 October 201825 October 2018bronze pencil bronze pencil
26 October 201823 March 2019silver pencil silver pencil
24 March 201921 June 2019bronze pencil bronze pencil
22 June 20197 December 2019silver pencil silver pencil
8 December 20191 February 2020bronze pencil bronze pencil
2 February 202028 February 2020silver pencil silver pencil
29 February 202026 March 2020bronze pencil bronze pencil
27 March 20202 July 2020silver pencil silver pencil
3 July 20208 July 2020bronze pencil bronze pencil
9 July 202016 August 2020silver pencil silver pencil
17 August 202027 September 2020bronze pencil bronze pencil
28 September 20203 March 2021silver pencil silver pencil
4 March 20215 May 2021bronze pencil bronze pencil
6 May 20219 July 2021silver pencil silver pencil
10 July 202113 July 2021bronze pencil bronze pencil
14 July 202119 July 2022silver pencil silver pencil
20 July 202224 September 2022bronze pencil bronze pencil
25 September 202224 September 2023silver pencil silver pencil
25 September 202325 September 2023bronze pencil bronze pencil
26 September 202326 February 2024silver pencil silver pencil
27 February 202417 April 2024bronze pencil bronze pencil
18 April 20249 January 2025silver pencil silver pencil
10 January 202516 April 2025bronze pencil bronze pencil
17 April 2025Nowsilver pencil silver pencil

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