Tradle #821 Answer & Hints — September 11, 2024
Stuck on the September 11, 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 Africa.
Hint 2 — First letter
Its name starts with G.
Hint 3 — Top export
Its biggest export category is Edible fruits, nuts & fruit peels (total exports $111M).
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01Why Guinea-Bissau? The Export Fingerprint
This is a textbook single-engine economy: Edible fruits, nuts & fruit peels alone accounts for 69% of everything Guinea-Bissau sells abroad. When one block swallows half the treemap, the candidate list collapses fast.
| # | Export category | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edible fruits, nuts & fruit peels | $77M | 69.3% |
| 2 | Fish, Crustaceans & Molluscs | $15M | 13.8% |
| 3 | Animal or vegetable fats, oils, & waxes | $14M | 12.3% |
| 4 | Preparations of fish, crustacenas, & molluscs | $2M | 1.5% |
| 5 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk | $1M | 0.6% |
Total exports: $111M (BACI, 2023 trade flows). The treemap you played is drawn from exactly these numbers.
Together the top five categories cover 98% of Guinea-Bissau'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
Lead with the giant block. Edible fruits, nuts & fruit peels narrows the world to a short list of exporters; one anchor guess in Africa plus the distance clue should close it within three tries.
If you used the hint ladder above, the ideal exit was Hint 3 — the top export practically names the country. 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.
03Guinea-Bissau in Tradle History
This was the 4th time Guinea-Bissau appeared as a Tradle answer — it has come up 7 times in total:
- Jan 27, 2023
- Aug 7, 2023
- Dec 30, 2023
- Sep 11, 2024 (this puzzle)
- Dec 30, 2024
- Sep 11, 2025
- Dec 30, 2025
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 September 11, 2024?
Guinea-Bissau — puzzle #821, recognizable by Edible fruits, nuts & fruit peels at 69% of its export treemap.
What number is this puzzle?
#821, counted from the first Tradle on June 14, 2022. One puzzle is released per UTC day, worldwide.
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