| 100% | SEEM | 4 | "Things are not always as they ___" |
| 97% | SEEM | 4 | "Things are not always as they ___." (appear) |
| 97% | SEEM | 4 | "Things are not always as they ___" (appear) |
| 96% | SEEM | 4 | "Things are not always as they ___" (appear to be) |
| 76% | SEEM | 4 | "Things are not always what they ___" |
| 76% | SEEM | 4 | "Things are not always what they __" |
| 76% | SEEM | 4 | "Things are not always what they ___..." |
| 74% | SEEM | 4 | "Things are not always what they ___" (appear) |
| 71% | SEEM | 4 | "Things are not as bad as they ___..." |
| 60% | SEEM | 4 | "Things aren't always as they ___" |
| 58% | SEEM | 4 | "Things are not what they ___" |
| 58% | ARENT | 5 | "Things ___ always as they seem" |
| 57% | REALISM | 7 | Seeing things as they are |
| 57% | SITPAT | 6 | Keep things as they are |
| 57% | GOWITHTHEFLOW | 13 | Accept things as they are |
| 56% | REALISTS | 8 | They see things as they are |
| 56% | TRUETOLIFE | 10 | Showing things as they really are |
| 56% | CYNIC | 5 | One "whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be": Bierce |
| 54% | REALITY | 7 | State of things as they are |
| 54% | CYNIC | 5 | One "whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be," per Ambrose Bierce |
| 54% | ANAISNIN | 8 | Who wrote "We do not see things as they are, we see them as we are" |
| 53% | SEAS | 4 | Some of them are described as red and yellow, but not orange |
| 52% | REALIST | 7 | Person who sees things as they are |
| 52% | REALISM | 7 | Genre that represents things as they are |
| 52% | REALISTS | 8 | People who see things as they are |
| 52% | QUO | 3 | Status ___ (things as they currently are) |
| 49% | TWEET | 5 | Message such as @skullmandible's "most cutting thing you can say is 'who's this clown?' because it implies they're a) a clown & b) not even one of the better-known clowns" |
| 49% | SEEM | 4 | "Things are never as bad as they ___!" |
| 49% | GLITTERS | 8 | It is not always gold, even if it __ |
| 49% | SENDERS | 7 | Things are often returned to them |