Costcodle answer for February 9, 2026

Puzzle #874. 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.

Hershey’s Cookies ‘N’ Creme, 1.55 oz 36-count, the Costcodle item for 2026-02-09

Official Costcodle game screen showing a price guess and higher-or-lower arrows

The shelf price

The item is Hershey’s Cookies ‘N’ Creme, 1.55 oz 36-count. The price stored for this puzzle is $26.99. A winning guess is any amount from $25.65 through $28.33, because the game accepts a guess within 5 percent. The yellow band, within 25 percent but not yet a win, runs from $20.25 to $33.73.

How I would have opened it

If I had started this day at $16.19, that guess would sit about 40.0 percent under $26.99. 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 $25.65 to $28.33.

Neighbors

Source: games.json in KermWasTaken/costcodle, key game-874. Win math follows percentAway in scripts/main.js. Checked 2026-09-30.

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