Hi sharbearrules,
This issue might be caused by some factors. Please try the following method before reinstalled Office 2013.
1)Run Word in "Administrative" mode:
To run the Word program in administrator mode, try the step below:
go to Computer, Programs files/Program files X (86).
Look for Microsoft Office ->Office 15.
Look for Winword.exe
Right click on it and click Properties
Click on the Compatibility tab
and check the box forRun as admin.
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/54cabcb9-1703-4591-87d8-7aae2fa1e4e7/ms-word-2013-unable-to-start-sorry-something-went-wrong-and-word-was-unable-to-start-6?forum=officeitpro
2) Then we might need to reinstall the Office, For more detail information, please refer to the following link:
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Uninstall-Office-2013-or-Office-365-from-a-Windows-computer-9dd49b83-264a-477a-8fcc-2fdf5dbf61d8?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US
Regards,
George Zhao
TechNet Community Support