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Coded Triangle Numbers

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The nth term of the sequence of triangle numbers is given by, tn=12n(n+1); so the first ten triangle numbers are: 1,3,6,10,15,21,28,36,45,55,

By converting each letter in a word to a number corresponding to its alphabetical position and adding these values we form a word value. For example, the word value for SKY is 19+11+25=55=t10. If the word value is a triangle number then we shall call the word a triangle word.

Using words.txt (right click and 'Save Link/Target As...'), a 16K text file containing nearly two-thousand common English words, how many are triangle words?

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