Costcodle answer for May 18, 2024
Puzzle #242. 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 Cento Italian Peeled Tomatoes, 6 lbs 10 oz. The price stored for this puzzle is $4.49. A winning guess is any amount from $4.27 through $4.71, because the game accepts a guess within 5 percent. The yellow band, within 25 percent but not yet a win, runs from $3.37 to $5.61.
How I would have opened it
If I had started this day at $2.69, that guess would sit about 40.0 percent under $4.49. 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 $4.27 to $4.71.
Neighbors
- Previous: #241 Martinelli Organic Sparkling Cider, 4 x 25.4 oz on 2024-05-17
- Next: #243 Kind Healthy Grain Bar, Dark Chocolate Chunk, 24 x 1.2 oz on 2024-05-19
- This month: 2024-05
Source: games.json in KermWasTaken/costcodle, key game-242. Win math follows percentAway in scripts/main.js. Checked 2026-09-30.