Costcodle answer for February 4, 2026
Puzzle #869. 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 Starbucks Nespresso Capsules for Original Line. The price stored for this puzzle is $38.99. A winning guess is any amount from $37.05 through $40.93, because the game accepts a guess within 5 percent. The yellow band, within 25 percent but not yet a win, runs from $29.25 to $48.73.
How I would have opened it
If I had started this day at $23.39, that guess would sit about 40.0 percent under $38.99. 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 $37.05 to $40.93.
Neighbors
- Previous: #868 Essentia Purified Water, 12 x 1.5 L on 2026-02-03
- Next: #870 Nabisco Honey Maid Graham Crackers, 4 x 14.4 oz on 2026-02-05
- This month: 2026-02
Source: games.json in KermWasTaken/costcodle, key game-869. Win math follows percentAway in scripts/main.js. Checked 2026-09-30.