| 100% | ARENT | 5 | "Things ___ always what they seem..." |
| 100% | ARENT | 5 | "Things ___ always what they seem." |
| 100% | ARENT | 5 | "Things ___ always what they seem" |
| 100% | ARENT | 5 | “Things ___ always what they seem” |
| 71% | SELDOM | 6 | "Things are ___ what they seem..." (rarely) |
| 71% | ARENOT | 6 | ''Things ___ what they seem'' |
| 71% | ARENOT | 6 | "Things __ what they seem" |
| 68% | ARENT | 5 | "Things ___ always as they seem" |
| 67% | SEEM | 4 | "Things are not always what they ___" |
| 67% | SEEM | 4 | "Things are not always what they __" |
| 67% | SEEM | 4 | "Things aren't always what they ___" |
| 67% | SEEM | 4 | "Things aren't always what they __" |
| 67% | SEEM | 4 | "Things are not always what they ___..." |
| 66% | SEEM | 4 | "Things are not always what they ___" (appear) |
| 63% | SEEM | 4 | "...not always what they ___" |
| 60% | SPIES | 5 | People who aren't what they seem |
| 58% | OWLS | 4 | "The ___ are not what they seem" ("Twin Peaks" quote) |
| 56% | WORSE | 5 | What things could always be |
| 54% | OWLS | 4 | Birds that are "not what they seem," according to a "Twin Peaks" line |
| 54% | OPERATORS | 9 | They always seem to be standing by |
| 54% | REALISTS | 8 | They see things for what they are |
| 54% | END | 3 | What boring things never seem to do |
| 51% | HUNCH | 5 | What roulette players often have when they let things ride |
| 46% | SEEM | 4 | "Things are not what they ___" |
| 46% | SEEM | 4 | "Things are seldom what they ___" |
| 45% | YEARS | 5 | What is a great thing about Leap Day jokes? "You only hear them every 4 ___" |
| 44% | INSOLES | 7 | Things always underfoot |
| 44% | ENVY | 4 | "Men always hate most what they ___ most": Mencken |
| 44% | LIEIN | 5 | What I try to do on Saturday mornings, but somehow a publishing deadline always seems to intervene |
| 42% | SECT | 4 | They seem to believe otherwise |