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: Think of a set of numbers or letters that you need to enter in a specific order to unlock something.
assistant
GUESS: Password
user
CLUE: Not quite, it's often used to open physical locks, like a safe or a locker, and it's usually a specific sequence of numbers.
assistant
CLUE: Merging elements to form a new whole.
assistant
GUESS: Fusion
user
CLUE: Mixing different things without a clear boundary.
assistant
GUESS: Blend
user
CLUE: Agreement among competitors to control market.
assistant