Cliffhanger is the Neopets version of the classic game 'Hangman'. Except in this verison, no one gets hung. Instead, the unnamed Cliffhanger Tuskaninny falls off a treacherous Terror Mountain peak if you lose. No pressure, right?
Look Ma, no hands!
How to Play
To begin, choose which skill level you would like—you can pick from easy, average and hard. The difference in the levels is the number of letters you are allowed to chose from to solve your puzzle, as well as your Neopoint reward if you win. It costs 15 NP to play, regardless of difficulty.
Next, click on an available letter to make your guess—if it is in the puzzle, it will appear on the dotted lines that make up the words of the phrase. If it is wrong, then the Tuskaninny will move up the cliff towards the top. If you're curious about your guesses, you can look at the 'used letters' box; red letters denote correct guesses and black letters denote incorrect ones. If you have too many incorrect guesses, the Tuskaninny will reach the top of the cliff and fall over, ending the game! Once you know the phrase, copy and paste it into the answer box and submit to collect your prize.
Letter Choices
In the easy mode, you have all 26 letters of the alphabet to guess from. In average mode, you have only 22 letters, and in hard mode only 18. The game will take away your vowels and the most common consonants first, making it harder to guess the correct answer.
The table below will show you exactly which letters you have in each mode. You can only make 5 incorrect guesses—if you make a 6th, it's game over!
| Mode |
Letters Available |
| Easy |
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
|
| Average |
B C D F G H I J K L M N P Q R T U V W X Y Z
|
| Hard |
B C D F G H J K L M N P Q V W X Y Z
|
Quick Tips
- Using our solutions below, sometimes you don't even need to guess any letters.
- On easy mode, pick the vowels first (A, E, I, O, and U)
- On average/hard modes, pick common consonants first (B, C, D, L, M, N, R, S, and T)
- Solve the puzzle as soon as possible—this prevents you from accidentally losing!
- If you're looking to get the avatar, enter a random phrase or string of letters into the solution box
Rewards
Each difficulty will award Neopoints when you win:
- Easy - 50 Neopoints
- Average - 100 Neopoints
- Hard - 150 Neopoints
There is a daily limit of 1,500 NP won, but you can keep playing after that. The game will not inform you when you hit the limit; you will only know because you will no longer be charged 15 NPs to play or receive any NPs on victory.
Each time you win, there's a small chance your active pet's Intelligence will go up by 1 point. This increase is also possible even after you hit the 1,500 NP daily limit. You will know you received this because it will appear as a message on the victory page:
[PET NAME] says "Wow! I learned so much!!!"
[PET NAME]'s intelligence level has increased.
Solutions
You can paste your puzzle from the Cliffhanger page into the box below to get the solution. It should work whether you already have some letters or no letters at all. If the puzzle is divided onto multiple lines, you can leave it that way. It really is as easy as copying and pasting! You can also peruse a full listing by letter or by word count.
Winner Text
Whenever you win, one of the below messages will be shown:
Finally... someone worthy!
Ohh... Well it is easy to win when you only play the easy levels!
That was a close one!!!
You better quit while you are ahead!
You have escaped the cliff... This time.
Game Over Text
Whenever you fail, one of the below messages will be shown:
Awwww! Better luck next time.
Did you forget? The object of the game is to NOT fall over the cliff!
Pah! Is that the best you can do?
That was pathetic!
Weak, I tell you!!!
Well... Maybe you should try an easier level next time!
You should watch that last step... It is a dooooozie!
