Add a letter to the front of this four-letter winter temperature, and it transforms into a stern reprimand. What is the original word?
Cold
The target word is cold, which describes low temperatures during the winter season. When you prefix the letter 'S' onto 'cold', it forms 'scold', meaning to reprimand someone sternly. Identifying letter additions to root words is a core technique in solving wordplay riddles.
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