Puzzle #193 · Grocery
Puzzle #193 is on the board for May 18, 2027. Today's item is Macaroni & Cheese Dinner, 12-Count Box, filed under Grocery. If you have not guessed yet, close this tab and go play. The three hints sit above the answer, the price sits in the answer card, and the breakdown comes after. No hard feelings either way. The shelf is undefeated some days.
This puzzle is scheduled for May 18, 2027. The answer is included below for search and reference, but the daily board unlocks on its date.
The boxed macaroni dinner was invented in the 1930s when a salesman bought a pasta company and needed to sell the noodles.
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.
Grocery aisle, the shelf of boxed dinners near the canned pasta.
Twelve boxes of the bright orange macaroni and cheese that raised a generation.
Eight to twelve dollars.
The board below is the real puzzle. Archive rounds do not affect your daily streak.
12-count
Hints are free. Using one adds a lightbulb to your shared result.
Real price
Archived puzzle #193. 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 May 18, 2027 in Season 1. Category: Grocery. Difficulty: Easy (1/5). Listing price: $8.99 for 12-count.
Questions
The Costcodle answer for May 18, 2027 (puzzle #193) was Macaroni & Cheese Dinner, 12-Count Box, priced at $8.99. You win if your guess lands within 5% of that price.
It cost $8.99 (12-count). This is the listing price used in the game, so prices shown elsewhere may differ.