Costcodle answer for May 14, 2024
Puzzle #238. 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 Saigon Cinnamon, 10.7 oz. The price stored for this puzzle is $3.49. A winning guess is any amount from $3.32 through $3.66, because the game accepts a guess within 5 percent. The yellow band, within 25 percent but not yet a win, runs from $2.62 to $4.36.
How I would have opened it
If I had started this day at $2.09, that guess would sit about 40.0 percent under $3.49. 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 $3.32 to $3.66.
Neighbors
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- This month: 2024-05
Source: games.json in KermWasTaken/costcodle, key game-238. Win math follows percentAway in scripts/main.js. Checked 2026-09-30.