Costcodle
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Costcodle: The Price Is Right, Six Guesses, One Warehouse
Costcodle does to Costco what Wordle did to five-letter words: one product a day, six guesses, and a stubborn number standing between you and a perfect streak. You see the photo, the name and the pack size - and then you have to answer the question every warehouse shopper secretly loves: how much is this thing, really?
How a Round Works
Each guess prints out like a receipt line, with a higher-or-lower arrow telling you which way the true price sits. Land within five percent of the actual price and the item is yours; get within a quarter of it and the game flags you as close, which is where careful bracketing takes over. A new item drops daily at midnight UTC, your streak stats live in the browser with no account needed, and the share card is spoiler-free so you can flex your streak without ruining anyone's round.
Tips for Beating the Bulk
- Read the pack size first: bulk packaging is the core trap - giant boxes often hide low unit prices.
- Binary-search the arrows: split the gap between your lowest "higher" and highest "lower" each turn; steady halving wins in four to five guesses.
- Chase bands, not cents: warehouse prices cluster near .99 endings, and anything within five percent counts - a round $16 beats a lucky-sounding $15.99 hunt.
- Respect the "close" flag: once you see it you are within twenty-five percent, so switch to small steps instead of big leaps.
A Few Honest Notes
The game is open source and its idea has traveled - community forks have appeared for supermarkets on other continents - and more than one edition of it exists online, with the original credited to a developer going by Kerm and an independent reimplementation carrying the same rules. Prices are snapshot data, not live shelf tags, and every edition carries the same disclaimer: this is a fan-made puzzle, not affiliated with Costco. For your daily dose of price-guessing, play Costcodle free on Parodybox.
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