Costcodle answer for September 17, 2024
Puzzle #364. 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 Sweet Baby Ray’s Barbeque Sauce, 2 x 40 oz. The price stored for this puzzle is $4.99. A winning guess is any amount from $4.75 through $5.23, because the game accepts a guess within 5 percent. The yellow band, within 25 percent but not yet a win, runs from $3.75 to $6.23.
How I would have opened it
If I had started this day at $2.99, that guess would sit about 40.0 percent under $4.99. 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 $4.75 to $5.23.
Neighbors
- Previous: #363 Chantilly Croquembouche, 36 oz on 2024-09-16
- Next: #365 Daisy Brand Sour Cream, 3 lb on 2024-09-18
- This month: 2024-09
Source: games.json in KermWasTaken/costcodle, key game-364. Win math follows percentAway in scripts/main.js. Checked 2026-09-30.