Wordnik incident

Wordnik API (random word) is down

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Wordnik experienced a major incident on February 15, 2026 affecting Wordnik API (random word), lasting 74d 17h. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Feb 15, 2026, 07:44 PM UTC
Resolved
May 01, 2026, 01:30 PM UTC
Duration
74d 17h
Detected by Pingoru
Feb 15, 2026, 07:44 PM UTC

Affected components

Wordnik API (random word)

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  1. investigating Feb 15, 2026, 07:44 PM UTC

    In [`5bfd954`](https://github.com/wordnik/wordnik-status/commit/5bfd95492facfbb8566000f14a9eba8c971bf5d5 ), 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: 75 ms