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Octolock Variant: Octolock

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Maxes in Octolock games in English currently earn a bronze pencil bronze 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
2 October 20112 October 2011pencil pencil
3 October 20111 January 2012bronze pencil bronze pencil
2 January 20125 April 2012silver pencil silver pencil
6 April 201231 March 2013bronze pencil bronze pencil
1 April 201311 May 2013silver pencil silver pencil
12 May 201323 August 2014bronze pencil bronze pencil
24 August 201421 November 2014silver pencil silver pencil
22 November 201425 March 2015bronze pencil bronze pencil
26 March 201512 April 2015pencil pencil
13 April 201529 August 2015bronze pencil bronze pencil
30 August 201526 November 2015silver pencil silver pencil
27 November 201526 February 2017bronze pencil bronze pencil
27 February 201729 October 2017pencil pencil
30 October 201717 April 2018bronze pencil bronze pencil
18 April 201812 May 2018pencil pencil
13 May 201810 August 2018bronze pencil bronze pencil
11 August 201821 October 2018pencil pencil
22 October 201822 May 2019bronze pencil bronze pencil
23 May 201918 June 2019pencil pencil
19 June 201923 July 2020bronze pencil bronze pencil
24 July 202021 September 2020silver pencil silver pencil
22 September 202012 July 2021bronze pencil bronze pencil
13 July 202126 November 2021silver pencil silver pencil
27 November 202110 November 2022bronze pencil bronze pencil
11 November 202225 November 2022silver pencil silver pencil
26 November 202213 March 2023bronze pencil bronze pencil
14 March 202312 November 2023silver pencil silver pencil
13 November 202323 April 2024bronze pencil bronze pencil
24 April 202427 April 2024pencil pencil
28 April 202424 June 2024bronze pencil bronze pencil
25 June 202413 August 2024silver pencil silver pencil
14 August 202424 August 2024bronze pencil bronze pencil
25 August 202420 September 2024silver pencil silver pencil
21 September 20242 December 2024bronze pencil bronze pencil
3 December 202424 April 2025pencil pencil
25 April 202518 July 2025bronze pencil bronze pencil
19 July 202522 September 2025silver pencil silver pencil
23 September 20251 May 2026bronze pencil bronze pencil
2 May 20261 July 2026silver pencil silver pencil
2 July 2026Nowbronze pencil bronze pencil

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