diff --git a/server/chat-plugins/hangman.ts b/server/chat-plugins/hangman.ts
index 8b1387f229..7f4c962687 100644
--- a/server/chat-plugins/hangman.ts
+++ b/server/chat-plugins/hangman.ts
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ import {FS, Utils} from '../../lib';
 const HANGMAN_FILE = 'config/chat-plugins/hangman.json';
 
 const DIACRITICS_AFTER_UNDERSCORE = /_[\u0300-\u036f\u0483-\u0489\u0610-\u0615\u064B-\u065F\u0670\u06D6-\u06DC\u06DF-\u06ED\u0E31\u0E34-\u0E3A\u0E47-\u0E4E]+/g;
-const MAX_HANGMAN_LENGTH = 30;
-const MAX_INDIVIDUAL_WORD_LENGTH = 20;
-const MAX_HINT_LENGTH = 150;
 
 interface HangmanEntry {
 	hints: string[];
@@ -101,9 +98,7 @@ export class Hangman extends Rooms.SimpleRoomGame {
 		if (normalized.length < 1) {
 			throw new Chat.ErrorMessage(`Use "/guess [letter]" to guess a letter, or "/guess [phrase]" to guess the entire Hangman phrase.`);
 		}
-		if (sanitized.length > MAX_HANGMAN_LENGTH) {
-			throw new Chat.ErrorMessage(`Guesses must be ${MAX_HANGMAN_LENGTH} or fewer letters – "${word}" is too long.`);
-		}
+		if (sanitized.length > 30) throw new Chat.ErrorMessage(`Guesses must be 30 or fewer letters – "${word}" is too long.`);
 
 		for (const guessid of this.guesses) {
 			if (normalized === toID(guessid)) throw new Chat.ErrorMessage(`Your guess "${word}" has already been guessed.`);
@@ -155,15 +150,6 @@ export class Hangman extends Rooms.SimpleRoomGame {
 	guessWord(word: string, guesser: string) {
 		const ourWord = toID(this.word.replace(/[0-9]+/g, ''));
 		const guessedWord = toID(word.replace(/[0-9]+/g, ''));
-
-		// Can't be a correct guess if the lengths don't match
-		if (ourWord.length !== guessedWord.length) return false;
-
-		// Can't be a correct guess if the guess has incorrect letters in already guessed indexes
-		for (let i = 0; i < ourWord.length; i++) {
-			if (ourWord.charAt(i) !== '_' && ourWord.charAt(i) !== guessedWord.charAt(i)) return false;
-		}
-
 		if (ourWord === guessedWord) {
 			for (const [i, letter] of this.wordSoFar.entries()) {
 				if (letter === '_') {
@@ -174,13 +160,15 @@ export class Hangman extends Rooms.SimpleRoomGame {
 			this.guesses.push(word);
 			this.lastGuesser = guesser;
 			this.finish();
-		} else {
+			return true;
+		} else if (ourWord.length === guessedWord.length) {
 			this.incorrectGuesses++;
 			this.guesses.push(word);
 			this.lastGuesser = guesser;
 			this.update();
+			return true;
 		}
-		return true;
+		return false;
 	}
 
 	hangingMan() {
@@ -213,7 +201,7 @@ export class Hangman extends Rooms.SimpleRoomGame {
 		wordString = wordString.replace(DIACRITICS_AFTER_UNDERSCORE, '_');
 
 		if (this.hint) output += Utils.html`<div>(Hint: ${this.hint})</div>`;
-		output += `<p style="font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;letter-spacing:3pt">${Utils.escapeHTML(wordString)}</p>`;
+		output += `<p style="font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;letter-spacing:3pt">${wordString}</p>`;
 		if (this.guesses.length) {
 			if (this.letterGuesses.length) {
 				output += 'Letters: ' + this.letterGuesses.map(
@@ -294,19 +282,15 @@ export class Hangman extends Rooms.SimpleRoomGame {
 		const phrase = params[0].normalize('NFD').trim().replace(/_/g, '\uFF3F');
 
 		if (!phrase.length) throw new Chat.ErrorMessage("Enter a valid word");
-		if (phrase.length > MAX_HANGMAN_LENGTH) {
-			throw new Chat.ErrorMessage(`Phrase must be less than ${MAX_HANGMAN_LENGTH} characters long.`);
-		}
-		if (phrase.split(' ').some(w => w.length > MAX_INDIVIDUAL_WORD_LENGTH)) {
-			throw new Chat.ErrorMessage(`Each word in the phrase must be less than ${MAX_INDIVIDUAL_WORD_LENGTH} characters long.`);
+		if (phrase.length > 30) throw new Chat.ErrorMessage("Phrase must be less than 30 characters long.");
+		if (phrase.split(' ').some(w => w.length > 20)) {
+			throw new Chat.ErrorMessage("Each word in the phrase must be less than 20 characters long.");
 		}
 		if (!/[a-zA-Z]/.test(phrase)) throw new Chat.ErrorMessage("Word must contain at least one letter.");
 		let hint;
 		if (params.length > 1) {
 			hint = params.slice(1).join(',').trim();
-			if (hint.length > MAX_HINT_LENGTH) {
-				throw new Chat.ErrorMessage(`Hint must be less than ${MAX_HINT_LENGTH} characters long.`);
-			}
+			if (hint.length > 150) throw new Chat.ErrorMessage("Hint too long.");
 		}
 		return {phrase, hint};
 	}