Tradle #1362 Answer & Hints — March 5, 2026

Stuck on the March 5, 2026 Tradle? Climb the hint ladder first — the full answer and a data breakdown of its export fingerprint are one click below.

2026-03-05 Puzzle #1362
Hint 1 — Continent

This country is in North America.

Hint 2 — First letter

Its name starts with J.

Hint 3 — Top export

Its biggest export category is Mineral Fuels, Oils, Waxes, and its Distillated Derivatives (total exports $2.3B).

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01Why Jamaica? The Export Fingerprint

Jamaica's chart is led by Mineral Fuels, Oils, Waxes, and its Distillated Derivatives at 40%, but the supporting blocks matter just as much — the combination is what makes this fingerprint readable.

#Export categoryValueShare
1 Mineral Fuels, Oils, Waxes, and its Distillated Derivatives $907M 39.8%
2 Inorganic chemicals $519M 22.7%
3 Beverages, spirits, & vinegar $214M 9.4%
4 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other plant parts $100M 4.4%
5 Ores, Slag and Ash $68M 3.0%

Total exports: $2.3B (BACI, 2023 trade flows). The treemap you played is drawn from exactly these numbers.

Together the top five categories cover 79% of Jamaica'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 North America, then use the arrow and the mid-sized blocks — Inorganic chemicals 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.

03Jamaica in Tradle History

This was the 7th time Jamaica appeared as a Tradle answer — it has come up 7 times in total:

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 March 5, 2026?

Jamaica — puzzle #1362, recognizable by Mineral Fuels, Oils, Waxes, and its Distillated Derivatives at 40% of its export treemap.

What number is this puzzle?

#1362, counted from the first Tradle on June 14, 2022. One puzzle is released per UTC day, worldwide.

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