Costcodle answer for May 23, 2026
Puzzle #977. 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 Kirkland Signature Bacon Crumbles, 20 oz. The price stored for this puzzle is $7.99. A winning guess is any amount from $7.60 through $8.38, because the game accepts a guess within 5 percent. The yellow band, within 25 percent but not yet a win, runs from $6.00 to $9.98.
How I would have opened it
If I had started this day at $4.79, that guess would sit about 40.0 percent under $7.99. 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 $7.60 to $8.38.
Neighbors
- Previous: #976 Del Real Foods Green Chicken Pozole, 48 oz on 2026-05-22
- Next: #978 Horizon Organic Shelf Stable Whole Milk on 2026-05-24
- This month: 2026-05
Source: games.json in KermWasTaken/costcodle, key game-977. Win math follows percentAway in scripts/main.js. Checked 2026-09-30.