JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<div></div>
JavaScript
currentTile = $('div');
console.log('before destroyed: ' + currentTile.get(0).className);
currentTile.addClass('destroyed');
console.log('after destroyed: ' + currentTile.get(0).className);
console.log('before blanking: ' + currentTile.get(0).className);
currentTile.removeClass().addClass('blank');
console.log('after blanking: ' + currentTile.get(0).className);