Wordnik incident

Wordnik API (random word) is down

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Wordnik experienced a major incident on January 8, 2026 affecting Wordnik API (random word), lasting 2d 23h. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Jan 08, 2026, 09:05 PM UTC
Resolved
Jan 11, 2026, 08:07 PM UTC
Duration
2d 23h
Detected by Pingoru
Jan 08, 2026, 09:05 PM UTC

Affected components

Wordnik API (random word)

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  1. investigating Jan 08, 2026, 09:05 PM UTC

    In [`6897e9f`](https://github.com/wordnik/wordnik-status/commit/6897e9f1b8e802bd5bc65feed367aca4e11af206 ), 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: 4 ms