Zyzzyva
Description
A user-friendly and effective word study app with a reliable OWL2 LWL lexicon. The lexicon's accuracy has been confirmed by the NSA Dictionary Committee. It has served as a Word Judge in various North American SCRABBLE tournaments, such as BAT, Oregon TILE, Dallas Open, U.S. SCRABBLE Open, and National School SCRABBLE Championship.
The 3.3.0 version of Zyzzyva for Mac was available to download on the developer's website when we last checked. We cannot confirm if there is a free download of this app available. The software is categorized as Education Tools.
This free Mac application was originally designed by Michael W. Thelen. According to the results of the Google Safe Browsing check, the developer's site is safe. Despite this, we recommend checking the downloaded files with any free antivirus software.
From the developer:
Zyzzyva is a very easy to use and efficient word study application. Zyzzyva's OWL2 LWL lexicon is 100% accurate as verified by the metrics available on the NSA Dictionary Committee's website.
Zyzzyva has been used successfully as a Word Judge at many North American SCRABBLE tournaments, including BAT, Oregon TILE, the Dallas Open, the U.S. SCRABBLE Open and the National School SCRABBLE Championship!
You may want to check out more Mac applications, such as eSpeak, Translate Text or collatinus, which might be similar to Zyzzyva.
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