Puzzle #12 · Grocery
It is November 18, 2026, and puzzle #12 has a price. Before the spoiler: Old-Fashioned Rolled Oats, 10 lb Bag is not as obvious as it looks, and the difficulty rating reads Easy. Play the board first, then open the answer when you are ready. The hints come before the answer, so you can peek at those first.
This puzzle is scheduled for November 18, 2026. The answer is included below for search and reference, but the daily board unlocks on its date.
Rolled oats are steamed and flattened between heavy rollers, a step that lets them cook much faster than steel-cut oats.
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.
Breakfast aisle, near the cold cereal and the pancake mixes.
Ten pounds of rolled oats, the plain bag with no flavor pouch inside.
Under ten dollars, sitting in the eight-to-ten neighborhood.
The board below is the real puzzle. Archive rounds do not affect your daily streak.
10 lb bag
Hints are free. Using one adds a lightbulb to your shared result.
Real price
Archived puzzle #12. 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 $8.99 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 18, 2026 in Season 1. Category: Grocery. Difficulty: Easy (1/5). Listing price: $8.99 for 10 lb bag.
Questions
The Costcodle answer for November 18, 2026 (puzzle #12) was Old-Fashioned Rolled Oats, 10 lb Bag, priced at $8.99. You win if your guess lands within 5% of that price.
It cost $8.99 (10 lb bag). This is the listing price used in the game, so prices shown elsewhere may differ.