"A friend of mine just lost a game of Scrabble. It…

“From the word go” is an expression that means “from the start.” It usually doesn’t involve the literal word “go,” but there are Scrabble jokes.

“Attended the Scrabble Championships today - I got accused of cheating!! I asked one of the judges if he could put in a good word for me. Honestly it didn’t look good from the word go” was posted on Facebook by Gretchen Dildine on October 14, 2021. ““Friend of mine just lost a game of Scrabble. Didn’t look good from the word go” was posted on Facebook by Nakile Home For Special Care on April 18, 2022. “A friend of mine just lost a game of Scrabble. It didn’t look good from the word go” was posted on LaffGaff on October 16, 2025.

Wikipedia: Scrabble
Scrabble is a word game in which two to four players score points by placing tiles, each bearing a single letter, onto a game board divided into a 15×15 grid of squares. The tiles must form words that, in crossword fashion, read left to right in rows or downward in columns and are included in a standard dictionary or lexicon.

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Gretchen Dildine
October 14, 2021 at 8:08 PM ·
Attended the Scrabble Championships today - I got accused of cheating!! I asked one of the judges if he could put in a good word for me.
Honestly it didn’t look good from the word go.

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Nakile Home For Special Care
April 18, 2022 at 7:35 AM ·
“Friend of mine just lost a game of Scrabble. Didn’t look good from the word go.”
Last Wednesday we celebrated National Scrabble Day!
We played traditional scrabble and adapted versions. 🤓
#nakile #nakilefamily #nakilehome #longtermcareproud #ltcproud #longtermcareproud #NationalScrabbleDay #ScrabbleDay #scrabble

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Mark Thomson ·
December 31, 2022 at 12:17 AM ·
I got thrashed at scrabble tonight…
It didn’t look good from the word “GO”

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Friend of mine just lost a game of Scrabble. Didn’t look good from the word go.
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Paul Cayton
January 11, 2024 at 3:21 PM ·
I’ve just finished as runner up in the National Scrabble Championship.
To be honest it didn’t look good from the word go.

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Don McCall
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Friend of mine just lost a game of Scrabble. Didn’t look good from the word go.
5:50 PM · Apr 25, 2024

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Friend of mine just lost a game of Scrabble. Didn’t look good from the word go.
4:46 AM · Jul 2, 2024

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Scrabble Loser
October 16, 2025 by LaffGaff
A friend of mine just lost a game of Scrabble.
It didn’t look good from the word go.