JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<select id="sel">
<option>word</option>
</select>

JavaScript

const ddl = document.getElementById("sel");

ddl.addEventListener("click", function(){

ddl.innerHTML = null;
const input = ["this", "that", "other"];
for(let i = 0; i < input.length; i++){
	const opt = document.createElement("option");
  opt.setAttribute("text", input[i]);
  opt.setAttribute("value", i);
  ddl.appendChild(opt);
}

});