Jquery-3.4.1.js:3850 Uncaught SyntaxError: Invalid regular expression: /(for/: Unterminated group

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I’m trying to highlight the text in HTML using jQuery and I keep getting this error when I convert each word in the array to a Regular Expression. At the same time, I get some of the words highlighted.
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The code is

words.forEach(word => {
        word.trim()
        var wo = new RegExp(word, "i")
        console.log(wo)
        $('body').html($('body').html().replace(wo, "<span class = 'highlight'>" + word + "</span>"));
    });

Thanks in advance