Costcodle answer for August 22, 2026

Puzzle #1068. 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.

Hershey’s Shelf Stable Whole Milk, the Costcodle item for 2026-08-22

Official Costcodle game screen showing a price guess and higher-or-lower arrows

The shelf price

The item is Hershey’s Shelf Stable Whole Milk. 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

Source: games.json in KermWasTaken/costcodle, key game-1068. Win math follows percentAway in scripts/main.js. Checked 2026-09-30.

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