JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.datatables.net/1.10.19/css/jquery.dataTables.min.css">
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/1.10.19/js/jquery.dataTables.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.datatables.net/scroller/1.5.1/css/scroller.dataTables.min.css">
<script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/scroller/1.5.1/js/dataTables.scroller.min.js"></script>
<div style="width: 600px;">
<table id="example" class="wrap" width="100%">
    <thead>
    <tr>
        <th >Name</th>
        <th >Position</th>
        <th >Office</th>
        <th >Age</th>
        <th >Start date</th>
        <th >Salary</th>
    </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
    <tr>
        <td >Tiger Nixon</td>
        <td >System Architect</td>
        <td >Edinburgh</td>
        <td >61</td>
        <td >2011/04/25</td>
        <td >$320,800</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td >Garrett Winters</td>
        <td >Accountant</td>
        <td >Tokyo</td>
        <td >63</td>
        <td >2011/07/25</td>
        <td >$170,750</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td >Ashton Cox</td>
        <td >Junior Technical Author</td>
        <td >San Francisco</td>
        <td >66</td>
        <td >2009/01/12</td>
        <td >$86,000</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td >Cedric Kelly</td>
        <td >Senior Javascript Developer</td>
        <td >Edinburgh</td>
        <td >22</td>
        <td >2012/03/29</td>
        <td >$433,060</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td >Airi Satou</td>
        <td >Accountant</td>
        <td >Tokyo</td>
        <td >33</td>
        <td >2008/11/28</td>
        <td >$162,700</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td >Brielle Williamson</td>
        <td >Integration Specialist</td>
        <td >New York</td>
        <td >61</td>
        <td >2012/12/02</td>
        <td >$372,000</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td >Herrod Chandler</td>
        <td >Sales Assistant</td>
        <td...

CSS

table {
  table-layout:fixed;
}
table td {
  word-wrap: break-word;
  max-width: 400px;
}
#example td {
  white-space:inherit;
}

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function () {
        $('#example').DataTable({
            scrollY:        200,
            scrollX:        false,
            deferRender:    true,
            scroller:       true
        });
        $('#example td').css('white-space','initial');
    });