Price Check

About Price Check

Price Check is one of the daily runs on Mind Loft, a free puzzle site that publishes about a hundred daily games. A run chains several of the site's games into one sitting with one score, and Price Check is the one about money: five real price tags, from something you might buy on Amazon to something that goes to auction.

The five legs are Mind Loft's own price games. Pricer shows a product sold on Amazon, with the date its price was taken. Dealer is a new vehicle and its starting sticker price, Realtor a home listed for sale, Agent a named flight or hotel night, and Curator a luxury piece at its list price or an auction lot. The start screen shows the day's five tags with a hint for each (on October 17, 2026: electronics, a supercar, a home in Portland, Oregon, a flight from Minneapolis to Las Vegas and a luxury piece) and the day's register, the total of all five prices.

Each item is worth 10 points. You have three guesses: the first is worth up to 10, the second up to 6 and the third up to 3, so a close first guess matters more than getting there in the end. Shorthand such as 45k or 2.5m is accepted. The five scores add up to a run out of 50, and the total decides which card you finish with, from Prepaid up to Black.

Every leg is also a daily of its own with its own leaderboard, and a leg you have already played today counts toward the run, so you can play the run whole or piece by piece. It plays in the browser with no app and no account; add a name to see where you rank on the day's leaderboard.

It suits players who like Costcodle or Spendle and want a wider spread of prices in one go, from tens of dollars to millions.

How to play Price Check

1. Open Price Check on Mind Loft and press Start the run.
2. Look at the first item, its photo, category and where the price comes from, and type your guess in dollars; 45k or 2.5m works.
3. Press Guess or Enter to lock it in. Your first guess is worth up to 10 points, the closer the more.
4. If you want more points, use the second guess (worth up to 6) and the third (worth up to 3) on the same item.
5. Move through the five items: the find, the ride, the home, the trip and the piece.
6. See your total out of 50 and your card, and add a name to appear on the day's leaderboard.

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Tips

• Put the most thought into the first guess: it is worth more than the second and third together.
• Read the hint on each tag before you start; a supercar or a home in an expensive city sets the scale before you see the item.
• Use shorthand for large prices (2.5m rather than 2500000) so a missed zero does not cost you the guess.
• If you already played Pricer, Dealer, Realtor, Agent or Curator today, that score carries into the run.

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