- Open the Terminal (Finder -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal)
- Type the command:
find / -name "*.doc" -or -name "*.docx" 2>/dev/null
and press enter. This may take a while
You should now have a list of all doc or docx files on the system, even temporary or autosave ones. If you see it then type open <path to file>
in the terminal and press enter. This should open that file in Word.