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What is Costcodle?

Costcodle is a free daily price guessing game for Costco fans. Each day you see one product from the Costco warehouse, with its photo, name and pack size, and you get 6 guesses to name the price. Land within 5% of the real price and you win. Think Wordle, but for the Costco aisles.

Everyone gets the same product on the same day, so you can compare scores with friends, family or the group chat. A round takes about a minute. The first Costcodle went live on September 21, 2023, and a new one has unlocked every day since.

How to play Costcodle

  1. Type your guess in dollars and press SUBMIT.
  2. An arrow tells you to go higher ↑ or lower ↓.
  3. Red means more than 25% off, yellow means within 25%, green means within 5% and you win.
  4. Use the hints to close in before your 6 tries run out.

Want the full rules, an example round and strategy? Read our guide on how to play Costcodle.

What products show up in Costcodle?

The product pool holds 3,399 Costco items, and most of them are food you'd actually put in a cart on a weekend run: cheese, chocolate, chicken, coffee, nuts, chips, bottled water and protein snacks. About one in seven is a Kirkland Signature product, Costco's house brand. The rest come from names you already know, like McCormick, Nestlé and Frito-Lay.

Every so often the game throws in something big. A gas grill, an 85-inch TV, a sectional sofa, a backyard playset and a patio dining set are in the mix too, and those run from about $900 to almost $1,800. They don't come up often, but they're the days everyone talks about.

Costcodle prices by the numbers

Here is what the full product pool looks like:

  • The median price is $9.99.
  • More than half of all products cost under $10.
  • About 9 in 10 cost under $20.
  • Fewer than 1 in 100 cost more than $50.
  • Roughly two thirds of prices end in .99 and almost all the rest in .49.

So when a product gives you no clue at all, $10 is a strong first guess. Save the big numbers for days when the photo shows a grill, a TV or furniture.

Why Costco prices are hard to guess

Costco prices don't line up neatly with what you pay at a grocery store, which is exactly what makes Costcodle tricky. A few things catch people out:

  • Bulk packs. A 5 lb bag or a 48-count box costs more up front than the supermarket version, even when the price per unit is lower. Read the pack size before anything else.
  • Kirkland Signature. The house brand usually sits below the name brands next to it, so a Kirkland item often lands lower than you'd expect for its size.
  • Your own store. Costcodle uses US Costco warehouse prices from when each product was added. Your local warehouse may charge a little more or less today, which is one reason the game gives you a 5% margin instead of asking for the exact price.

Sharing your Costcodle score

When a round ends, press Share. Costcodle builds a short emoji grid with one row per guess: an arrow for the direction you missed, and a red or yellow square for how far off you were. A winning row gets a check mark, and the top line shows your score out of 6, like "Costcodle #1000 3/6". The grid never reveals the product or the price, so friends who haven't played yet won't get spoiled.

On a phone, Share opens your share sheet. On a computer it copies the result and a link to your clipboard, ready to paste anywhere. Your games played, win rate and streaks are saved in your browser, and you can check them any time on the Costcodle stats page.

Ways to play Costcodle with other people

Costcodle works best when someone else is playing the same puzzle. A few ways people use it:

  • The family group chat. Everyone posts their grid, and whoever needed the fewest guesses gets bragging rights until tomorrow's Costcodle.
  • Before a Costco run. Play together in the car and then go find the product in the aisle to see whether the price has changed.
  • At work. A daily Costcodle thread is a quick warm-up that takes a minute and doesn't need anyone to install anything.
  • In the classroom. The hints are percentages, so a round of Costcodle is an easy way to practice estimating and working out how far 25% or 5% is from a price.

Because the daily product is the same for everyone, nobody can get an easier puzzle. The only edge is knowing your Costco prices.

Costcodle Unlimited

One puzzle a day not enough? Costcodle Unlimited lets you play random past Costcodle products back to back, with no daily limit and separate stats.

It's a good way to practice. A few rounds in a row and you start to get a feel for what a 3 lb bag of nuts or a big box of protein bars costs. Unlimited never shows you today's daily product, so it won't spoil the main puzzle.

Costcodle tips

  • Check the pack size first. Costco sells in bulk.
  • Open around $10 for food. That's the median price, so it splits the pool in half.
  • Split the difference. If $8 is too low and $14 is too high, try $11 next.
  • After a yellow hint, move in small steps. Yellow means you're already within 25%.
  • Ignore the cents. On a $10 item, anything from about $9.50 to $10.50 wins.
  • Treat grills, TVs and furniture as their own category and start in the hundreds.

Costcodle questions

Is this the same as Costco Wordle or the Costco price guessing game?

Yes. Those are just common ways players describe and search for Costcodle. Related searches include Costco Wordle, Costco dle, Costcoodle, Costco price game, Costco guessing game and guess the Costco price, and they all lead to this same daily Costco price puzzle.

Is Costcodle free?

Yes. No account, no download. Just open the page and play.

How many guesses do I get?

Six. Anything that isn't a number shows "Invalid Guess" and doesn't use up a try.

When is the next Costcodle?

A new Costcodle unlocks every day around midnight, your local time.

Can I play Costcodle on my phone?

Yes. It runs in any mobile or desktop browser. There's no app to install.

Does Costcodle save my progress?

Yes. Your guesses and stats are stored in your browser, so you can close the tab halfway through a round and pick up where you left off. Clearing site data or switching to another device starts you fresh.

Can I play an old Costcodle puzzle?

Not by date, but Costcodle Unlimited serves up past products at random, so you'll run into old daily puzzles there.

Where do the products and prices come from?

Product photos and listings come from the Costco Food Database. Prices are US Costco warehouse prices from when each product was added, so they can differ by region and drift over time.

Is Costcodle made by Costco?

No. Costcodle is an independent fan game and is not affiliated with Costco Wholesale Corporation, or with Wordle and The New York Times. See our legal notice.