diff --git a/src/validation/limits.go b/src/validation/limits.go
index 42e41895..7129bbc9 100644
--- a/src/validation/limits.go
+++ b/src/validation/limits.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package validation
 const (
 	MaxRunesAllowedInACharacterName     = 29 // Larggest character name length possible
 	MinRunesAllowedInACharacterName     = 2  // Smallest character name length possible
-	MaxRunesAllowedInACharacterNameWord = 16 // Larggest character name word length possible (new names only 14, but older ones are longer)
+	MaxRunesAllowedInACharacterNameWord = 20 // Larggest character name word length possible (new names only 14, but older ones are longer)
 	MinRunesAllowedInACharacterNameWord = 2  // Smallest character name word length possible
 
 	MaxRunesAllowedInAGuildName     = 29 // Larggest guild name length possible
diff --git a/src/validation/validation_test.go b/src/validation/validation_test.go
index f841ff36..f90364c4 100644
--- a/src/validation/validation_test.go
+++ b/src/validation/validation_test.go
@@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ func TestFake(t *testing.T) {
 
 	assert.Equal(29, MaxRunesAllowedInACharacterName)
 	assert.Equal(2, MinRunesAllowedInACharacterName)
-	assert.Equal(16, MaxRunesAllowedInACharacterNameWord)
+	assert.Equal(20, MaxRunesAllowedInACharacterNameWord)
 	assert.Equal(2, MinRunesAllowedInACharacterNameWord)
 
 	assert.Equal(29, MaxRunesAllowedInAGuildName)