Costcodle answer for December 12, 2023
Puzzle #84. 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 Kirkland Signature Almonds, Milk Chocolate, 3 lb. The price stored for this puzzle is $16.99. A winning guess is any amount from $16.15 through $17.83, because the game accepts a guess within 5 percent. The yellow band, within 25 percent but not yet a win, runs from $12.75 to $21.23.
How I would have opened it
If I had started this day at $10.19, that guess would sit about 40.0 percent under $16.99. 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 $16.15 to $17.83.
Neighbors
- Previous: #83 Perrier Slim Can Lime, 35 x 8.45 fl oz on 2023-12-11
- Next: #85 Kirkland Signature Organic Broccoli Florets, 4 x 1 lb on 2023-12-13
- This month: 2023-12
Source: games.json in KermWasTaken/costcodle, key game-84. Win math follows percentAway in scripts/main.js. Checked 2026-09-30.