Costcodle answer for July 16, 2024
Puzzle #301. 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 Imperial Granulated Sugar, 50 lb. The price stored for this puzzle is $27.99. A winning guess is any amount from $26.60 through $29.38, because the game accepts a guess within 5 percent. The yellow band, within 25 percent but not yet a win, runs from $21.00 to $34.98.
How I would have opened it
If I had started this day at $16.79, that guess would sit about 40.0 percent under $27.99. 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 $26.60 to $29.38.
Neighbors
- Previous: #300 Albanese 8 Flavor Gummy Bears 40 Oz (2.5 Lbs) on 2024-07-15
- Next: #302 Miyasaka Shinsyu-Ichi Instant Tofu Miso Soup, 24 ct on 2024-07-17
- This month: 2024-07
Source: games.json in KermWasTaken/costcodle, key game-301. Win math follows percentAway in scripts/main.js. Checked 2026-09-30.