[[NASPA]] certifies its officials (most are called '''directors''') as being qualif
NASPA offers several different categories of certification for
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NASPA. Please check
# <span class=q>What is NASPA?</span> <br />NASPA is a nonprofit [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/501(c)_organization 501(c)(4)
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...nating the following: one set of NASPA SmoothTiles®, choice of special NASPA NSC colors, while each lasts, to every NSC participant; 15 round and 5 appl
...n his vendor area and is donating 50% of the gross sales of these tiles to NASPA. SamTimer®, SamBoard® and SmoothTiles® have been named the official cloc
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== NASPA Supports School Scrabble Players ==
NASPA has up until Summer 2016 supported School Scrabble players in the following
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...r at the [[North American SCRABBLE Championship |NASPA Championship]], the NASPA [[Advisory Board]]
honours a NASPA member with the title of [[Michael R. Wise]] Memorial '''Person of the Year
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[[NASPA]]'s [[Web Committee]] offers web hosting space to software developers
The [[Technology Committee]] evaluates and certifies word judge software for use at tournaments and cl
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[[NASPA Store]].
NASPA members may use the free word study and adjudication tool,
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'''NASPA Zyzzyva''' is a word study and word adjudication [[software|program]].
NASPA Zyzzyva is an application for desktop and laptop computers, currently available for
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{{#naspa:bio|4481}}
He is also the creator of [[Zyzzyva]] word study and adjudication [[software|program]]
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...ated, was originally written by [[Michael Thelen]] and then transferred to NASPA in 2014.
...r information about the new NASPA Zyzzyva Mobile app, please visit [[NASPA Zyzzyva Mobile|this page]].
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(1) be a NASPA [[membership|member]],
Canada, that rating should be a NASPA
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| class="left"|<h1>Welcome to NASPA</h1>
NASPA is a community of tournament, club and avid home Scrabble players.
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Dear NASPA Members,
...lmination of five years of work by Jim Pate and the rest of the Dictionary Committee, in collaboration with our partners at Merriam-Webster. The new dictionary
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'''Web
Committee procedures''' are used by the members of [[Web
Committee]] to perform routine tasks.
== <a name=cru>
Committee roster updates</a> ==
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...up from the division in which you are placed, please email the organizing committee at nsc@scrabbleplayers.org.
(1) be a NASPA [[membership|member]],
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...using the [[Collins]] lexicon at the National Scrabble Championship. The NASPA Advisory Board has approved proceeding with the Collins division, eliminati
The Collins division will be run using NASPA rules, except that the Collins lexicon will be used and the challenge penal
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for [[NASPA]] [[directors]]
by the [[Tournament Committee]] ahead of time
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'''The registration limit of 500 players has been lifted. The Championship Committee is working with the Riviera to increase the number of players accommodated
To play in the NSC, you must (1) be a NASPA [[membership|member]], and (2) have played in an officially
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...rship apprised of committee updates, player achievements, and the state of NASPA generally.
Beginning in April 2016, the [[iContact |NASPA News]] has been published weekly to keep members informed.
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To play in the NSC, you must (1) be a NASPA [[membership|member]], and (2) have played in an officially
If you live in the United States or Canada, that rating should be a NASPA rating; if you live elsewhere it may be
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===June 24, 2015 [[Rules Committee]] Changes===
We welcome [[Paul Avrin]], who replaces [[Chris Lipe]] on the Rules Committee, and thank Chris for his six years of service.
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[[NASPA Store]].
NASPA members may use the free word study and adjudication tool,
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== NASPA TWL2014 ==
Dear NASPA Members,
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== How NASPA Zyzzyva Came To Be ==
...awa-Connelly]] for asking us to share some of the background about NASPA [[Zyzzyva]] with the community.
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The NASPA [[Dictionary Committee]] is ready to announce the final list of corrections to the printed edition
...did=3]. It will also be incorporated into the forthcoming release of the [[Zyzzyva]] word tool.
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=== NASPA Acquires Zyzzyva and Inks Merriam-Webster Licensing Deal ===
Dear NASPA Members,
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{{#naspa:committee-data|zyzz}}
* Continue to develop all versions of the [[NASPA Zyzzyva]] program for desktops and laptops
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To play in the NASC, you must (1) be a NASPA [[membership|member]], and (2) have played in an officially
If you live in the United States or Canada, that rating should be a NASPA rating; if you live elsewhere it may be
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tournaments on the 2015 calendar when January 1 arrived. NASPA ended up
NASPA signed up approximately 500 new [[Membership|members]] this past year. This
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...petitions. It consists of those words that are acceptable in the regular [[NASPA Word List]] (NWL) that are considered appropriate for school use.
The NSWL is the first word list that NASPA has made available to
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...ution to NASPA's '''[[2014 Committee Reports|2015 collection of reports on committee activity]]'''.
* Server-side support for [[NASPA Zyzzyva]]
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...ution to NASPA's '''[[2015 Committee Reports|2015 collection of reports on committee activity]]'''.
...ta list for last year's OTCWL2014, liaised with the newly formed [[Zyzzyva Committee]] to publish it, and arranged with [[Hasbro]] and [[Electronic Arts]] direc
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...ed on the committee level. I really do not want to do that. My duties with NASPA, my regular business, my family and other things I like to do already take
The benefits of belonging to NASPA officially include these and more:
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...ed on the committee level. I really do not want to do that. My duties with NASPA, my regular business, my family and other things I like to do already take
The benefits of belonging to NASPA officially include these and more:
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The '''[[NASPA School Word List]]''' (2018 edition), NSWL2018, was edited by
the NASPA [[Dictionary Committee]] in 2018, and incorporates changes made to
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the NASPA [[Dictionary Committee]] in 2016, and incorporates changes made to
It is available to NASPA members for electronic study and tournament adjudication purposes in the
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=== October 16, 2016 Canadian Committee Election Result ===
...ernard Gotlieb and John Robertson won new three-year terms on the Canadian Committee by acclamation. Their new terms begin on January 1, 2017.
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...a Committee]. NASPA Zyzzyva is a free download, offered for the benefit of NASPA members and all who enjoy competitive word games.
...pionship |North American School SCRABBLE Championship]]. Other versions of Zyzzyva are used at the [[World SCRABBLE Championship]], as well as at smaller even
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...=295509&t=650b9db00f5228ee57432048f1967e4ef1b454e708354ae751c2b95d07c97caf NASPA News - Happy New Year!]
...ee57432048f1967e4ef1b454e708354ae751c2b95d07c97caf NASPA News - Contacting NASPA Committees]
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In '''2018''', NASPA held an '''[[Advisory Board Elections|election]]''' for three members of it
...[[Advisory Board Composition|composition]] of the AB over the years under NASPA is available at this website.
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...20! [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8krCU_9YrU0 Watch the announcement on NASPA Tonight.]
...2, 2019 The NASPA [[Executive Committee]] announced a restructuring of the NASPA management team. ===
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[https://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wdb NASPA Word Database] to guide further
...s follow when validating candidate words. There is a separate document for committee members that describes each step in further detail, with examples.
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The '''[[NASPA Word List]] 2018 Edition''' (NWL2018) is the first word list
developed and edited by NASPA, and the official lexicon governing
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You do not need to be a SCRABBLE expert or NASPA director to start a Youth SCRABBLE Club. What you do need is a reasonable
You should also register the club with the NASPA Youth Committee at the following link '''[insert link]'''. That way you will receive news
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...=283242&t=650b9db00f5228ee57432048f1967e4ef1b454e708354ae751c2b95d07c97caf NASPA News]
...=282984&t=650b9db00f5228ee57432048f1967e4ef1b454e708354ae751c2b95d07c97caf NASPA News - Ask an Expert]
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...ary Committee]]'s two main publications, the [[NASPA Word List]] and the [[NASPA School Word List]]. Each of these two publications is available in a variet
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The '''[[NASPA Word List]] 2020 Edition''' (NWL2020) is the second word list
developed and edited by NASPA, and the official lexicon governing
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The '''[[NASPA School Word List]]''' (2020 edition), NSWL2020, was edited by
the NASPA [[Dictionary Committee]] in 2020 and becomes effective on January 6, 2021. It replaces [[NSWL2018]
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...Michael Thelen’s Zyzzyva app for iOS, introduced in 2011 and acquired by NASPA in 2014.
NASPA Zyzzyva Mobile is an app for mobile devices, currently available for the iOS (11 or
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=== November 27, 2020 NASPA Zyzzyva 3.2.4 Available ===
[[NASPA_Zyzzyva:_The_Last_Word_in_Word_Study | NASPA Zyzzyva 3.2.4]] is now available for Windows, macOS, and Linux. It includes [[NWL20
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The '''[[NASPA School Word List]]''' (2023 edition), NSWL2023, was edited by
the NASPA [[Dictionary Committee]] in 2023 and is effective as of '''February 29, 2024'''. It replaces [[NS
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...that app and were disappointed when it went “out of print” in 2014, so NASPA has been pleased to be able to bring it back and thank them for their suppo
...s, under the hood it’s completely new code, fitted onto a common NASPA Zyzzyva multi-platform code-base. This means that the mobile app and computer appl
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To play in the SPC, you must (1) be a NASPA [[membership|member]], and (2) have played in an officially sanctioned Scra
If you live in the United States or Canada, that rating should be a NASPA rating; if you live elsewhere, it may be a [[WESPA]] rating or other compar
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...=306620&t=650b9db00f5228ee57432048f1967e4ef1b454e708354ae751c2b95d07c97caf NASPA News - Fun with Figures]
...=306563&t=650b9db00f5228ee57432048f1967e4ef1b454e708354ae751c2b95d07c97caf NASPA News - Spotlight on Jan Lapierre - Club Corner]
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=== December 7, 2021 NASPA Zyzzyva Mobile ===
[[NASPA Zyzzyva Mobile]] 3.3.0 is now available for handheld devices (smartphones and table
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The '''[[NASPA Word List]] 2023 Edition''' (NWL2023) is the third word list
developed and edited by NASPA, and is the official lexicon governing
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