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:

sear

Related words are:

- char
- dry
- burn

Important: You are under time pressure, give short descriptions that are to the point!
CLUE: To cook food by exposing it to intense heat, often on a grill.
assistant
GUESS: Barbecue
user
CLUE: Close, but not a method. It's what you do to the food on high heat quickly.
assistant
CLUE: The process of cooking without oil or water.
assistant
GUESS: Baking
user
CLUE: It involves direct heat.
assistant
GUESS: Grilling
user
CLUE: It's a step in the process of cooking meat.
assistant