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JavaScript

function check(a, b) {
	return score(sort(a))>score(sort(b))?a:b;
}

function score(s) {
	return s.charCodeAt(0) - 97 + score2(s);
}

function score2(s) {
	z = [];
  for (var i = 0, len = s.length; i < len; i++) {
    z.push(s.charCodeAt(i));
  }
  console.log(z);
}

function sort(a) {
	return a.split('').sort().join('');
}

console.log(check("abc", "cde"))