Costcodle answer for December 31, 2025
Puzzle #834. 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 Diamond Crystal Iodized Salt, 4 lbs. The price stored for this puzzle is $0.99. A winning guess is any amount from $0.95 through $1.03, because the game accepts a guess within 5 percent. The yellow band, within 25 percent but not yet a win, runs from $0.75 to $1.23.
How I would have opened it
If I had started this day at $0.59, that guess would sit about 40.0 percent under $0.99. 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 $0.95 to $1.03.
Neighbors
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Source: games.json in KermWasTaken/costcodle, key game-834. Win math follows percentAway in scripts/main.js. Checked 2026-09-30.