Costcodle answer for January 17, 2024
Puzzle #120. 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 Home and Body Botanical + Herbal Hand Soap, Glass Bottles, 8-pack. The price stored for this puzzle is $37.99. A winning guess is any amount from $36.10 through $39.88, because the game accepts a guess within 5 percent. The yellow band, within 25 percent but not yet a win, runs from $28.50 to $47.48.
How I would have opened it
If I had started this day at $22.79, that guess would sit about 40.0 percent under $37.99. 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 $36.10 to $39.88.
Neighbors
- Previous: #119 Grape Tomatoes, Greenhouse Grown, 2 lbs on 2024-01-16
- Next: #121 Pura Vida Roasted Veg Melange, 4 lbs on 2024-01-18
- This month: 2024-01
Source: games.json in KermWasTaken/costcodle, key game-120. Win math follows percentAway in scripts/main.js. Checked 2026-09-30.