Tradle #625 Answer & Hints — February 28, 2024
Stuck on the February 28, 2024 Tradle? Climb the hint ladder first — the full answer and a data breakdown of its export fingerprint are one click below.
Hint 1 — Continent
This country is in South America.
Hint 2 — First letter
Its name starts with B.
Hint 3 — Top export
Its biggest export category is Mineral Fuels, Oils, Waxes, and its Distillated Derivatives (total exports $358.9B).
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01Why Brazil? The Export Fingerprint
No single product dominates Brazil's exports — the top category holds just 16%. A mosaic this diversified usually signals a larger, industrialized economy.
| # | Export category | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mineral Fuels, Oils, Waxes, and its Distillated Derivatives | $56.8B | 15.8% |
| 2 | Oils seeds, oleaginous fruits, grains, straw & fodder | $54.0B | 15.1% |
| 3 | Ores, Slag and Ash | $40.0B | 11.1% |
| 4 | Meat & edible offal | $21.9B | 6.1% |
| 5 | Sugars & confectioneries | $16.7B | 4.6% |
Total exports: $358.9B (BACI, 2023 trade flows). The treemap you played is drawn from exactly these numbers.
Together the top five categories cover 53% of Brazil's export basket — the rest of the chart splinters into the small mosaic blocks along the edge. In Tradle terms: the skill was recognizing the big blocks, not memorizing the fringe.
02How to Solve It
Start from geography rather than a single product. Anchor with a central country in South America, then use the arrow and the mid-sized blocks — Oils seeds, oleaginous fruits, grains, straw & fodder is the tiebreaker between lookalike neighbors.
If you used the hint ladder above, the ideal exit was Hint 1 — geography narrows this one faster than products do. Every 1% of proximity equals roughly 200 km, so read your percentage as a radius, not a verdict.
The general method — anchor guess, arrow, proximity math — is covered in our how to play Tradle guide, and the signature-exports cheat sheet lives in the strategy section.
03Brazil in Tradle History
This was the 4th time Brazil appeared as a Tradle answer — it has come up 12 times in total:
- Aug 25, 2022
- Jan 22, 2023
- Aug 2, 2023
- Feb 28, 2024 (this puzzle)
- Apr 7, 2024
- May 14, 2024
- Feb 28, 2025
- Apr 7, 2025
- May 14, 2025
- Jan 2, 2026
- Jun 12, 2026
- Jul 10, 2026
Repeats are part of the game — learn this fingerprint now and the next appearance is a free win. Browse the full Tradle answers archive for more patterns.
04Frequently Asked Questions
What was the Tradle answer on February 28, 2024?
Brazil — puzzle #625, recognizable by Mineral Fuels, Oils, Waxes, and its Distillated Derivatives at 16% of its export treemap.
What number is this puzzle?
#625, counted from the first Tradle on June 14, 2022. One puzzle is released per UTC day, worldwide.
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