Wordnik incident

Wordnik API (random word) is down

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Wordnik experienced a major incident on January 23, 2026 affecting Wordnik API (random word), lasting 1h 28m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Jan 23, 2026, 06:32 PM UTC
Resolved
Jan 23, 2026, 08:01 PM UTC
Duration
1h 28m
Detected by Pingoru
Jan 23, 2026, 06:32 PM UTC

Affected components

Wordnik API (random word)

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  1. investigating Jan 23, 2026, 06:32 PM UTC

    In [`0d6a1ba`](https://github.com/wordnik/wordnik-status/commit/0d6a1ba6aefde63fa7fecce01da6e530e7549f0d ), 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: 63 ms