| 100% | COY | 3 | Not as shy as one appears to be |
| 57% | COY | 3 | Not as shy as one might think |
| 56% | FADED | 5 | Not as bright as it used to be |
| 54% | SEEM | 4 | "Things are not always as they ___" (appear to be) |
| 54% | CYNIC | 5 | One "whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be": Bierce |
| 53% | CYNIC | 5 | One "whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be," per Ambrose Bierce |
| 52% | ILLUSORY | 8 | Not what it appears to be |
| 50% | OASIS | 5 | A mirage might appear to be one |
| 50% | SNEAK | 5 | One not to be trusted |
| 50% | RAT | 3 | One not to be trusted |
| 50% | LIAR | 4 | One not to be believed |
| 50% | LIAR | 4 | One not to be trusted |
| 50% | CHEAT | 5 | One not to be trusted |
| 50% | ROGUE | 5 | One not to be trusted |
| 50% | AMUST | 5 | One not to be missed |
| 49% | ACTOR | 5 | One who hardly ever is who he appears to be |
| 49% | HADIT | 5 | Taken as much as one is willing to |
| 49% | SPEEDER | 7 | One hoping not to be cited |
| 48% | USED | 4 | "I'm not as young as I ___ to be" |
| 48% | KEPT | 4 | Was true to, as one's word |
| 48% | BASHFUL | 7 | To be timid and shy; not wanting attention |
| 48% | MUSTSEE | 7 | Not to be missed, as a TV show |
| 48% | BADSIDE | 7 | Not one's favorite angle to be photographed |
| 48% | QBS | 3 | Ones trying not to be sacked, in brief |
| 47% | ONTIPTOE | 8 | So as not to be heard |
| 47% | OBEY | 4 | Verb that's not included in marriage vows as often as it used to be |
| 47% | NONE | 4 | Not one is as devout as her, we hear |
| 47% | INJEST | 6 | As a joke, not meant to be taken seriously |
| 47% | SEEM | 4 | Doesn't __ like; appears not to be |
| 47% | ATBAT | 5 | A walk is not counted as one |