Costcodle answer for December 14, 2023
Puzzle #86. 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 Alaska Sausage Co. Hot Alaskan Sausage with Reindeer Meat, 3 lbs. The price stored for this puzzle is $18.99. A winning guess is any amount from $18.05 through $19.93, because the game accepts a guess within 5 percent. The yellow band, within 25 percent but not yet a win, runs from $14.25 to $23.73.
How I would have opened it
If I had started this day at $11.39, that guess would sit about 40.0 percent under $18.99. 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 $18.05 to $19.93.
Neighbors
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Source: games.json in KermWasTaken/costcodle, key game-86. Win math follows percentAway in scripts/main.js. Checked 2026-09-30.