Wordnik incident

Wordnik API (random word) is down

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Wordnik experienced a major incident on May 18, 2026 affecting Wordnik API (random word), lasting 44m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
May 18, 2026, 05:37 AM UTC
Resolved
May 18, 2026, 06:22 AM UTC
Duration
44m
Detected by Pingoru
May 18, 2026, 05:37 AM UTC

Affected components

Wordnik API (random word)

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  1. investigating May 18, 2026, 05:37 AM UTC

    In [`460b5e5`](https://github.com/wordnik/wordnik-status/commit/460b5e5099a3e1bb7db874c5941a50c27bc7e3a9 ), Wordnik API (random word) (https://api.wordnik.com/v4/words.json/randomWord?hasDictionaryDef=true&maxCorpusCount=-1&minDictionaryCount=1&maxDictionaryCount=-1&minLength=5&maxLength=-1&api_key=$API_KEY) was **down**: - HTTP code: 429 - Response time: 14 ms