Tradle #1105 Answer & Hints — June 21, 2025
Stuck on the June 21, 2025 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 Oceania.
Hint 2 — First letter
Its name starts with N.
Hint 3 — Top export
Its biggest export category is Footwear (total exports $2M).
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01Why Norfolk Island? The Export Fingerprint
No single product dominates Norfolk Island's exports — the top category holds just 20%. A mosaic this diversified usually signals a larger, industrialized economy.
| # | Export category | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Footwear | $0M | 19.6% |
| 2 | Oils seeds, oleaginous fruits, grains, straw & fodder | $0M | 12.3% |
| 3 | Optical, photo, & film equipment; medical instruments | $0M | 9.1% |
| 4 | Cars, tractors, trucks & parts thereof. | $0M | 9.0% |
| 5 | Chemical products n.e.s. | $0M | 6.9% |
Total exports: $2M (BACI, 2023 trade flows). The treemap you played is drawn from exactly these numbers.
Together the top five categories cover 57% of Norfolk Island'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 Oceania, 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.
03Norfolk Island in Tradle History
This was the 6th time Norfolk Island appeared as a Tradle answer — it has come up 6 times in total:
- Mar 16, 2023
- Sep 24, 2023
- Jan 18, 2024
- Jun 21, 2024
- Jan 18, 2025
- Jun 21, 2025 (this puzzle)
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 June 21, 2025?
Norfolk Island — puzzle #1105, recognizable by Footwear at 20% of its export treemap.
What number is this puzzle?
#1105, counted from the first Tradle on June 14, 2022. One puzzle is released per UTC day, worldwide.
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