Costcodle answer for January 27, 2024
Puzzle #130. 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 M&M’s Bulk Chocolate Candy, Peanut Butter, 1.63 oz, 24 ct. 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: #129 Tree Top Apple Sauce, 4 x 47.25 oz on 2024-01-26
- Next: #131 Lay’s Potato Chips Vendor Pack, 50 x 1 oz on 2024-01-28
- This month: 2024-01
Source: games.json in KermWasTaken/costcodle, key game-130. Win math follows percentAway in scripts/main.js. Checked 2026-09-30.