In a certain code language, 'ABCD' is coded as '2345', and 'PALE' is coded as '172136'. How will 'TOP' be coded in that language?

211617

1   2    3    4   5    6   7     8    9  10  11  12  13

 A   B   C    D   E    F   G    H    I    J    K    L   M

 ↓    ↓    ↓    ↓    ↓     ↓   ↓    ↓     ↓   ↓    ↓    ↓    ↓

 Z   Y    X   W   V    U   T    S    R   Q   P    O   N

26  25  24  23  22  21  20  19  18  17  16  15  14

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THE LOGIC FOLLOWED HERE IS :

A(1) → (+1) → 2

B(2) → (+1) → 3

C(3)→ (+1) → 4

D(4)→ (+1) → 5

AND

P (16) → (+1) → 17

A (1) → (+1) → 2

L (14)→ (+1) → 15

E (5)→ (+1) → 6

SIMILARLY

T (20) → (+1) → 21

O (15) → (+1) → 16

P (16)→ (+1) → 17

HENCE 211617 IS CORRECT ANSWER