scram.js

function sleep(milliseconds) {
  var start = new Date().getTime();
  for (var i = 0; i < 1e7; i++) {
    if ((new Date().getTime() - start) > milliseconds){
      break;
    }
  }
}

function unscramble() {
  var scrambled_words = document.getElementById('scrambled').value.split("\n");
  var wordList        = document.getElementById('wordlist').value.split("\n");

  for (var i = 0; i < scrambled_words.length; i++) {
    var scram_word = scrambled_words[i];
    for (var x = 0; x < wordList.length; x++) {
      var word_in_list = wordList[x];
      console.log("Compare: " + scram_word + " : " + word_in_list);
      a = sort_word(scram_word);
      b = sort_word(word_in_list);
      document.getElementById('compare_area').innerHTML += a + ' : ' + b;
      sleep(5000)
      if(a == b) {
        console.log("TRUE!");
        document.getElementById('solution_area').innerHTML += word_in_list + '</br>';
      } else {
        console.log("FALSE!");
      }
      document.getElementById('compare_area').innerHTML = '';
    }
  }
}

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

function compare_letter(a, b) {
	if(a == b) {
		console.log('Letter match true');
	} else {
		console.log('Letter match: false');
	}
}

console.log(sort_word('cat'));

compare_letter('a', 'a');