You are playing a collaborative word guessing game in which you have to describe a target word for another player to guess.

Rules:
(a) You have to reply in the form: CLUE: <some text>. Guesses from the other player will start with GUESS.
(b) You cannot use the target word itself, parts or morphological variants of it in your description.
(c) In addition, the same rules apply for related words which are provided below.

End conditions:
(i) If you use the target word or a related word in your description, then you lose.
(ii) If the other player can guess the target word in 3 tries, you both win.

Let us start.

This is the target word that you need to describe and that the other player needs to guess:

combination

Related words are:

- mixture
- merger
- cartel

Important: You are under time pressure, give short descriptions that are to the point!
CLUE: A process where two or more things are put together to create something new.
assistant
GUESS: Synthesis
user
CLUE: It's a noun, often used in situations involving locks or passwords.
assistant
CLUE: A blend of different elements or entities.
assistant
GUESS: Mixture
user
CLUE: A joining of two or more things to form a single entity.
assistant
GUESS: Fusion
user
CLUE: A group of companies or organizations that work together.
assistant