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'''Software''' plays an increasing role in organized [[SCRABBLE]]® activities.   
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'''Software''' plays a major role in organized [[SCRABBLE]]® activities.   
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[[NASPA]]'s [[Web Committee]] offers web hosting space to software developers,  
 
[[NASPA]]'s [[Web Committee]] offers web hosting space to software developers,  
and works with them to develop standards.
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and works with them to develop standards
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The [[Technology Committee]] evaluates and certifies word judge software for use at tournaments and clubs.
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NASPA also licenses the [[NASPA Word List]] and [[School SCRABBLE Word List 2018 | NASPA School Word List]] for use by developers.
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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.
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== Certified word judge software ==
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NASPA recommends that [[tournaments]] and [[clubs]] use laptops running word adjudication software to process
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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.
  
* [http://www.scrabble-assoc.com/cgi-bin/boardpdf.pl PDF board diagram generator]
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=== [[Zyzzyva]] ===
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* '''Features''': anagramming, definitions, word judge, word study
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* '''Developers''': [[Michael Thelen]], [[Ross Brown]]
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* '''Systems''': Linux, macOS, Windows
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* '''Notes''': certified and licensed, used at all major events,including the [[National SCRABBLE Championship]], [[National School SCRABBLE Championship]] and [[Canadian National SCRABBLE Championship]]
  
== Game analysis ==
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=== [http://www.wolfberg.net/what/ WHAT] ===
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* '''Features''': anagramming, word judge
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* '''Developer''': [[Michael Wolfberg|Mike Wolfberg]]
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* '''System''': Windows
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* '''Notes''': Certified and licensed. Stands for "Wolfberg's Helpful Anagramming Tool".
  
; [http://www.quackle.org Quackle]
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== Tournament management software ==
: developed by [[Jason Katz-Brown]] and [[John O'Laughlin]], is the strongest SCRABBLE playing program in the world. It is used by many players for training, and to analyze their games to improve their future play.
 
  
; Maven
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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.
: developed by [[Brian Sheppard]], is also a strong program, but was withdrawn from the market when its rights were sold to [[Hasbro]]. Sheppard continues to develop the program, a branch of which was available briefly from Hasbro in CD-ROM form.
 
  
; ACBot
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There is at least one popular software package not listed below, at the request of its publisher.
: developed by [[James Cherry]], and used to provide game analyses to users of DOoM servers, is no longer available.
 
  
== Word judge (software self lookup) ==
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=== [[tsh]] ===
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* '''Features''': tournament management, word judge
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* '''Developer''': [[John Chew]]
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* '''Systems''': DOS, Linux, macOS and Windows.
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* '''Notes''': used at all major events, including the [[National SCRABBLE Championship]], [[National School SCRABBLE Championship]] and [[Canadian National SCRABBLE Championship]].  It has a very rich set of features, but most directors need some help at first learning to use its command-line interface.
  
NASPA recommends that [[tournaments]] and [[clubs]] use laptops running word adjudication software to process
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== Licensed software ==
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.
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The following software contain licensed copies of NASPA word lists, but have not been
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certified for competitive use.
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=== [http://www.tylerhosting.com/hoot/ Hoot] ===
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* '''Features''': anagramming, word judge, word study
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* '''Developer''': [[Dana Bell]]
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* '''Systems''': Android, Windows
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* '''Notes''': Licensed, but not certified as a competitive word judge tool.
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=== [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=www.scrabbleclock.com.scrabbleclock Wali Timer] ===
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* '''Features''': anagramming, game timer, word judge
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* '''Developer''': [[Wali Khubaib]]
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* '''Systems''': Android
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* '''Notes''': Licensed, but not certified as a competitive word judge tool or game timer.
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=== [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/word-checker-easy-judge/id1419607257 Word Checker: Easy Judge] ===
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* '''Features''': word judge
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* '''Developer''': [[Fabien Maurice]]
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* '''Systems''': iOS
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* '''Notes''': Licensed, but not certified as a competitive word judge tool.
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=== [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/word-expert-word-game-tool/id1437814395 Word Expert] ===
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* '''Features''': anagramming
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* '''Developer''': [[Fabien Maurice]]
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* '''Systems''': iOS
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* '''Notes''': Licensed to use official word lists.
  
; [[Zyzzyva]]
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=== [http://www.wordupdude.com/ Word Up Dude] ===
: developed by [[Michael Thelen]], is used at all major events, including the [[National SCRABBLE Championship]], [[National School SCRABBLE Championship]] and [[Canadian National SCRABBLE Championship]]
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* '''Features''': word game
: Requirements: Windows or MAC
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* '''Developer''': [[Timothy Gardner|Tim Gardner]]
: Acceptable for tournament and club play
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* '''Systems''': Android, iOS
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* '''Notes''': Licensed to use official word lists in its own word game.
  
; [http://www.wolfberg.net/what/ '''WHAT''']
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== Unlicensed software ==
: developed by [[Mike Wolfberg]]
 
: Requirements: Windows
 
: Acceptable for tournament and club play
 
  
; [http://www.metagrams.com// '''WordJudge''']
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The following software is neither certified nor licensed, but may be of interest to our
: developed by [[John Babina]]
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members.
: Requirements: Requires bootable floppy drive
 
: Acceptable for tournament and club play
 
  
; [[Lexpert]] (No longer available but previous versions exist)
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=== [https://aerolith.org/ Aerolith] ===
: developed by [[M.J. Ravichandran]]
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* '''Features''': word study
: Requirements: Windows, Windows CE
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* '''Developer''': [[Cesar Del Solar]]
: Acceptable for club play only
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* '''Systems''': web app
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* '''Notes''': License pending. Features competitive high-score lists.
  
== Tournament management ==
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=== [http://www.quackle.org Quackle] ===
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* '''Features''': anagramming, game analysis, game play
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* '''Developers''': [[Jason Katz-Brown]], [[John O'Laughlin]], [[John Fultz]]
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* '''Systems''': Linux, macOS, Windows
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* '''Notes''': License pending. Strongest SCRABBLE playing program in the world. It is used by many players for training, and to analyze their games to improve their future play.
  
Tournament management software decides which players play each other, and reports on their standings.
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=== [http://www.poslarchive.com/math/software/qz/ qz] ===
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* '''Features''': word study
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* '''Developer''': [[John Chew]]
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* '''Systems''': Linux, macOS, Windows
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* '''Notes''': Unlicensed. Generic flashcarding tool intended for word study, does not ship with word lists, supports bulk input of quiz text files
  
; [[tsh]]
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=== [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ulu-ultimate-lookup-utility/id1281832323 ULU] ===
: developed by [[John Chew]], is used at all major events, including the [[National SCRABBLE Championship]], [[National School SCRABBLE Championship]] and [[Canadian National SCRABBLE Championship]]. It has a very rich set of features, but most directors need some help at first learning to use it.  tsh runs under OS/X, Linux, DOS and Windows.
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* '''Features''': anagramming, game timer, word judge
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* '''Developer''': [[Seth Lipkin]]
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* '''System''': iOS
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* '''Notes''': License pending. Not certified for use a word judge or game timer.
  
; [[TourneyMan]]
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== Legacy Software ==
: developed by [[Jeff Widergren]], formerly used at the [[National SCRABBLE Championship]] and still widely used in the United States. It has a limited set of features but is relatively easy to learn. TourneyMan requires Windows.
 
  
; [[TMENU]]
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Software that is no longer actively supported, or has not been updated to current
: developed by [[RA Fontes]], is also widely used in the United States but no longer distributed. TMENU requires DOS or Windows.
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standards, can be found in a separate list of [[legacy software]].

Revision as of 12:01, 16 March 2020

Software plays a major role in organized SCRABBLE® activities.

NASPA's Web Committee offers web hosting space to software developers, and works with them to develop standards.

The Technology Committee evaluates and certifies word judge software for use at tournaments and clubs.

NASPA also licenses the NASPA Word List and NASPA School Word List for use by developers.

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.

Certified word judge software

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

WHAT

  • Features: anagramming, word judge
  • Developer: Mike Wolfberg
  • System: Windows
  • Notes: Certified and licensed. Stands for "Wolfberg's Helpful Anagramming Tool".

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

Licensed software

The following software contain licensed copies of NASPA word lists, but have not been certified for competitive use.

Hoot

  • Features: anagramming, word judge, word study
  • Developer: Dana Bell
  • Systems: Android, Windows
  • Notes: Licensed, but not certified as a competitive word judge tool.

Wali Timer

  • Features: anagramming, game timer, word judge
  • Developer: Wali Khubaib
  • Systems: Android
  • Notes: Licensed, but not certified as a competitive word judge tool or game timer.

Word Checker: Easy Judge

  • Features: word judge
  • Developer: Fabien Maurice
  • Systems: iOS
  • Notes: Licensed, but not certified as a competitive word judge tool.

Word Expert

  • Features: anagramming
  • Developer: Fabien Maurice
  • Systems: iOS
  • Notes: Licensed to use official word lists.

Word Up Dude

  • Features: word game
  • Developer: Tim Gardner
  • Systems: Android, iOS
  • Notes: Licensed to use official word lists in its own word game.

Unlicensed software

The following software is neither certified nor licensed, but may be of interest to our members.

Aerolith

  • Features: word study
  • Developer: Cesar Del Solar
  • Systems: web app
  • Notes: License pending. Features competitive high-score lists.

Quackle

  • Features: anagramming, game analysis, game play
  • Developers: Jason Katz-Brown, John O'Laughlin, John Fultz
  • Systems: Linux, macOS, Windows
  • Notes: License pending. Strongest SCRABBLE playing program in the world. It is used by many players for training, and to analyze their games to improve their future play.

qz

  • Features: word study
  • Developer: John Chew
  • Systems: Linux, macOS, Windows
  • Notes: Unlicensed. Generic flashcarding tool intended for word study, does not ship with word lists, supports bulk input of quiz text files

ULU

  • Features: anagramming, game timer, word judge
  • Developer: Seth Lipkin
  • System: iOS
  • Notes: License pending. Not certified for use a word judge or game timer.

Legacy Software

Software that is no longer actively supported, or has not been updated to current standards, can be found in a separate list of legacy software.