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:

synthesis

Related words are:

- mixture
- amalgamation
- blend

Important: You are under time pressure, give short descriptions that are to the point!
CLUE: The process of combining different elements to create a new, complex product.
assistant
CLUE: A combination of different elements resulting in something new.
assistant
GUESS: Compound
user
CLUE: A combination of two or more substances or elements to form a new substance or compound.

GUESS: Alloy
assistant
GUESS: Mixture
user
CLUE: A combination of two or more substances in which each substance retains its own properties and is not changed in any way.

GUESS: Solution
assistant