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Maxes in Instant 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
15 October 201223 April 2013bronze pencil bronze pencil
24 April 201326 January 2016silver pencil silver pencil
27 January 20167 November 2018bronze pencil bronze pencil
8 November 201811 October 2019silver pencil silver pencil
12 October 201928 November 2019bronze pencil bronze pencil
29 November 201915 August 2021silver pencil silver pencil
16 August 20212 November 2021gold pencil gold pencil
3 November 202119 October 2024silver pencil silver pencil
20 October 20246 July 2025gold pencil gold pencil
7 July 20259 November 2025silver pencil silver pencil
10 November 202526 April 2026gold pencil gold pencil
27 April 2026Nowsilver pencil silver pencil

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