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Omelette Variant: Omelette

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Maxes in Omelette games in English currently earn a gold pencil gold 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
23 October 200926 January 2011pencil pencil
27 January 201110 April 2011bronze pencil bronze pencil
11 April 201125 September 2011pencil pencil
26 September 201129 November 2012bronze pencil bronze pencil
30 November 201230 November 2012silver pencil silver pencil
1 December 20122 January 2014bronze pencil bronze pencil
3 January 20148 March 2014silver pencil silver pencil
9 March 201415 June 2014bronze pencil bronze pencil
16 June 201429 October 2014silver pencil silver pencil
30 October 201426 November 2014bronze pencil bronze pencil
27 November 201417 February 2015silver pencil silver pencil
18 February 201518 May 2015bronze pencil bronze pencil
19 May 201523 August 2015silver pencil silver pencil
24 August 20153 December 2015bronze pencil bronze pencil
4 December 20154 December 2015silver pencil silver pencil
5 December 201519 March 2017bronze pencil bronze pencil
20 March 20178 June 2017pencil pencil
9 June 20176 July 2020bronze pencil bronze pencil
7 July 202014 July 2020silver pencil silver pencil
15 July 202031 December 2021bronze pencil bronze pencil
1 January 202217 January 2022silver pencil silver pencil
18 January 202219 June 2023bronze pencil bronze pencil
20 June 20239 August 2023silver pencil silver pencil
10 August 20235 February 2024bronze pencil bronze pencil
6 February 202417 February 2024silver pencil silver pencil
18 February 20247 August 2024bronze pencil bronze pencil
8 August 202427 October 2024silver pencil silver pencil
28 October 20243 November 2024gold pencil gold pencil
4 November 202420 January 2025silver pencil silver pencil
21 January 202512 March 2025bronze pencil bronze pencil
13 March 202525 May 2026silver pencil silver pencil
26 May 2026Nowgold pencil gold pencil

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