Certification and licensing are separate processes; software may be either, neither, or both. Uncertified, unlicensed software is listed here only for information purposes, and not as an endorsement.
== Tournament and club software == === Word Certified word judge (software self lookup) ===
NASPA recommends that [[tournaments]] and [[clubs]] use laptops running word adjudication software to process
challenges in competitive games. The following Software Self Lookup (SSL) programs were evaluated by the [[Technology Committee]] and are approved for use in club and tournament situations as noted below.
==== [[Zyzzyva]] ====
* '''Features''': anagramming, definitions, word judge, word study
* '''Developers''': [[Michael Thelen]], [[Ross Brown]]
* '''Notes''': certified and licensed, used at all major events,including the [[National SCRABBLE Championship]], [[National School SCRABBLE Championship]] and [[Canadian National SCRABBLE Championship]]
==== [http://www.wolfberg.net/what/ '''WHAT'''] ====
* '''Features''': anagramming, word judge
* '''Developer''': [[Mike Wolfberg]]
* '''Notes''': certified and licensed
=== Tournament management =software ==
Tournament management software assists the director in pairing players, recording game results, generating pairing reports and standings for printing, and generating final tournament data for submission to NASPA for rating of tournaments. There is not yet a certification process for this category of software.
There is at least one popular software package not listed below, at the request of its publisher.
==== [[tsh]] ====
* '''Features''': tournament management, word judge
* '''Developer''': [[John Chew]]