Wordnik incident

Wordnik API (random word) is down

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Wordnik experienced a major incident on January 12, 2026 affecting Wordnik API (random word), lasting 15m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Jan 12, 2026, 04:20 PM UTC
Resolved
Jan 12, 2026, 04:35 PM UTC
Duration
15m
Detected by Pingoru
Jan 12, 2026, 04:20 PM UTC

Affected components

Wordnik API (random word)

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  1. investigating Jan 12, 2026, 04:20 PM UTC

    In [`fcf9480`](https://github.com/wordnik/wordnik-status/commit/fcf9480f2de03ec05a43bdaecc91af3c5cb9b679 ), 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: 504 - Response time: 10077 ms