Costcodle answer for March 15, 2024
Puzzle #178. 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 NaturSource Organic Salad Topper, 2 lb. The price stored for this puzzle is $8.99. A winning guess is any amount from $8.55 through $9.43, because the game accepts a guess within 5 percent. The yellow band, within 25 percent but not yet a win, runs from $6.75 to $11.23.
How I would have opened it
If I had started this day at $5.39, that guess would sit about 40.0 percent under $8.99. 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 $8.55 to $9.43.
Neighbors
- Previous: #177 Teasdale Mexican Hominy, #10 Can, 108 oz on 2024-03-14
- Next: #179 Haagen Dazs Peppermint Bark Bars, 15 x 3 Oz on 2024-03-16
- This month: 2024-03
Source: games.json in KermWasTaken/costcodle, key game-178. Win math follows percentAway in scripts/main.js. Checked 2026-09-30.