Wordnik incident

Wordnik API (random word) is down

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Wordnik experienced a major incident on January 29, 2026 affecting Wordnik API (random word), lasting 14d 6h. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Jan 29, 2026, 08:40 PM UTC
Resolved
Feb 13, 2026, 03:17 AM UTC
Duration
14d 6h
Detected by Pingoru
Jan 29, 2026, 08:40 PM UTC

Affected components

Wordnik API (random word)

Update timeline

  1. investigating Jan 29, 2026, 08:40 PM UTC

    In [`a4024be`](https://github.com/wordnik/wordnik-status/commit/a4024be5cefad734b279b1572b1ec537eb4e1c6a ), 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: 53 ms