Zyzzyva has been chosen as the word adjudication program to be used at the 2012 National School SCRABBLE® Championship. Zyzzyva is free software available under the GNU General Public License. Zyzzyva has been tested under Linux, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows ME, Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later (Panther), Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), and Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard). Installers are provided for all supported platforms. It is recommended that you install Zyzzyva on a computer with at least 32 MB of memory (64 MB would probably be better). Many thanks to Jim Pate, who provided assistance in compiling the official OSPD4 lexicon to be used at the 2012 NSSC!
The latest release of Zyzzyva is 2.1.6 (released 2011-07-01). Installers are available as listed below.
Installers
For previous Zyzzyva releases, go here.
After installing Zyzzyva, be sure to tell it to use the OSPD4 lexicon when it first starts by choosing "OSPD4" from the list of available lexicons. Make sure that OSPD4 is also listed as the default lexicon in the list. The lexicon setting can also be changed at any time by clicking the Preferences button (with a wrench and screwdriver on it) and choosing "OSPD4" from the lexicon list.
To start the word adjudication mode, click the Word Judge button (with a light bulb on it) and make sure that "OSPD4" is the chosen lexicon on the window that appears. Once the Word Judge is started, verify that the bottom-right corner of the screen says "OSPD4". To exit the Word Judge at the end of the day, hold down the Shift key and press ESC. For detailed instructions about how to use Zyzzyva for adjudication during play, please see the NSA web site.
Help documentation can be found online here.
Please send bug reports, feature requests, patches, pizza, etc. to Michael W Thelen at mthelen @ gmail . com. I will try to reply as quickly as I can. If you're feeling particularly generous, I would be very happy to receive a donation via PayPal, which you can do by clicking the button below. Thank you for your interest in Zyzzyva, and I hope you find it useful!