Costcodle answer for December 23, 2023
Puzzle #95. 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 Duracell Coppertop Alkaline AA Batteries, 40-count. The price stored for this puzzle is $20.99. A winning guess is any amount from $19.95 through $22.03, because the game accepts a guess within 5 percent. The yellow band, within 25 percent but not yet a win, runs from $15.75 to $26.23.
How I would have opened it
If I had started this day at $12.59, that guess would sit about 40.0 percent under $20.99. 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 $19.95 to $22.03.
Neighbors
- Previous: #94 Organic Blackberries, 12 oz on 2023-12-22
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- This month: 2023-12
Source: games.json in KermWasTaken/costcodle, key game-95. Win math follows percentAway in scripts/main.js. Checked 2026-09-30.