Wordnik incident

Wordnik API (random word) is down

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Wordnik experienced a major incident on January 4, 2026 affecting Wordnik API (random word), lasting 1h 9m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Jan 04, 2026, 06:04 PM UTC
Resolved
Jan 04, 2026, 07:14 PM UTC
Duration
1h 9m
Detected by Pingoru
Jan 04, 2026, 06:04 PM UTC

Affected components

Wordnik API (random word)

Update timeline

  1. investigating Jan 04, 2026, 06:04 PM UTC

    In [`89629d6`](https://github.com/wordnik/wordnik-status/commit/89629d6c130ba1c828fcb9434c9918cb1d9b2378 ), 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: 61 ms