Puzzle #6 · Personal Care
Day #6 (November 12, 2026) brings a Personal Care puzzle: Cotton Swabs, 500-Count. You get six guesses and a 5% target, same as always. This page holds the answer, the three hints, and a breakdown of every color band. Scroll carefully. The answer is right below, and the page reads best after you play.
This puzzle is scheduled for November 12, 2026. The answer is included below for search and reference, but the daily board unlocks on its date.
Cotton swabs were invented in 1923 for cleaning baby ears, and it took years before anyone marketed them for other uses.
These are the same three hints the game uses, in order. They never name the price. Reveal one, think, then decide whether you need the next.
The bath-and-body aisle, near the floss and the mouthwash.
Five hundred of them in a soft plastic box, a bathroom drawer staple.
Under four dollars; think in the two-to-four band.
The board below is the real puzzle. Archive rounds do not affect your daily streak.
500-count
Hints are free. Using one adds a lightbulb to your shared result.
Real price
Archived puzzle #6. Play it any time; archive rounds do not change your daily streak.
Costcodle asks you to guess one price in six tries. A guess within 5% of $2.49 would win, a guess within 25% would show yellow, and anything further away would show red. The arrows tell you whether the real price is higher or lower than the number you stamped, which is how you build a narrowing price corridor.
This puzzle appeared on November 12, 2026 in Season 1. Category: Personal Care. Difficulty: Fair (2/5). Listing price: $2.49 for 500-count.
Questions
The Costcodle answer for November 12, 2026 (puzzle #6) was Cotton Swabs, 500-Count, priced at $2.49. You win if your guess lands within 5% of that price.
It cost $2.49 (500-count). This is the listing price used in the game, so prices shown elsewhere may differ.