Tradle #1120 Answer & Hints — July 6, 2025
Stuck on the July 6, 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 Asia.
Hint 2 — First letter
Its name starts with M.
Hint 3 — Top export
Its biggest export category is Mineral Fuels, Oils, Waxes, and its Distillated Derivatives (total exports $15.8B).
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01Why Mongolia? The Export Fingerprint
This is a textbook single-engine economy: Mineral Fuels, Oils, Waxes, and its Distillated Derivatives alone accounts for 57% of everything Mongolia sells abroad. When one block swallows half the treemap, the candidate list collapses fast.
| # | Export category | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mineral Fuels, Oils, Waxes, and its Distillated Derivatives | $9.0B | 56.9% |
| 2 | Ores, Slag and Ash | $3.6B | 22.7% |
| 3 | Precious stones, metals, & pearls | $1.6B | 10.1% |
| 4 | Wool & animal hair | $388M | 2.5% |
| 5 | Salt, sulphur, cement, lime, stone, & plaster | $270M | 1.7% |
Total exports: $15.8B (BACI, 2023 trade flows). The treemap you played is drawn from exactly these numbers.
Together the top five categories cover 94% of Mongolia'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. Mineral Fuels, Oils, Waxes, and its Distillated Derivatives narrows the world to a short list of exporters; one anchor guess in Asia 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.
03Mongolia in Tradle History
This was the 6th time Mongolia appeared as a Tradle answer — it has come up 7 times in total:
- Oct 2, 2022
- May 15, 2023
- Feb 18, 2024
- Jul 6, 2024
- Feb 18, 2025
- Jul 6, 2025 (this puzzle)
- Jan 22, 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 July 6, 2025?
Mongolia — puzzle #1120, recognizable by Mineral Fuels, Oils, Waxes, and its Distillated Derivatives at 57% of its export treemap.
What number is this puzzle?
#1120, counted from the first Tradle on June 14, 2022. One puzzle is released per UTC day, worldwide.
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