Costcodle answer for November 3, 2023
Puzzle #45. I read this row from the official games list. The date is the UTC calendar day sampled at noon; your live game may show another number in your time zone.
The shelf price
The item is Sweets Chocolate Cinnamon Bears, 2.65 lbs. The price stored for this puzzle is $7.49. A winning guess is any amount from $7.12 through $7.86, because the game accepts a guess within 5 percent. The yellow band, within 25 percent but not yet a win, runs from $5.62 to $9.36.
How I would have opened it
If I had started this day at $4.49, that guess would sit about 40.0 percent under $7.49. Anything beyond 25 percent away is a red tile. I would then jump toward the middle of the remaining range instead of nudging by a dime. Once a guess lands inside the yellow band I only test the center of $7.12 to $7.86.
Neighbors
- Previous: #44 Kirkland Signature Salted Butter, 4 x 1 lb on 2023-11-02
- Next: #46 Northwest Fist Co. Atlantic Salmon, 48 oz on 2023-11-04
- This month: 2023-11
Source: games.json in KermWasTaken/costcodle, key game-45. Win math follows percentAway in scripts/main.js. Checked 2026-09-30.