| 100% | TRUETOLIFE | 10 | Showing things as they really are |
| 61% | REALITY | 7 | State of things as they are |
| 58% | REALISM | 7 | Seeing things as they are |
| 58% | SITPAT | 6 | Keep things as they are |
| 58% | GOWITHTHEFLOW | 13 | Accept things as they are |
| 58% | REALISTS | 8 | They see things as they are |
| 57% | REALIST | 7 | Person who sees things as they are |
| 57% | REALISM | 7 | Genre that represents things as they are |
| 57% | REALISTS | 8 | People who see things as they are |
| 55% | IDCARDS | 7 | They really show who you are, for short |
| 51% | ANAISNIN | 8 | Who wrote "We do not see things as they are, we see them as we are" |
| 51% | CYNIC | 5 | One "whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be": Bierce |
| 49% | CYNIC | 5 | One "whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be," per Ambrose Bierce |
| 46% | QUO | 3 | Status ___ (things as they currently are) |
| 45% | NOS | 3 | Compound often shown as being used to accelerate cars while they are being street raced |
| 44% | ONEDAYATATIME | 13 | "Relax and take things as they come" |
| 43% | ERGS | 4 | No one really knows what these energy units are, but they show up in crosswords a lot |
| 43% | NASTYHABITS | 11 | They really ought to be kicked |
| 41% | SEEM | 4 | "Things are not always as they ___" |
| 41% | DESERTRATS | 10 | Gerbils, as they were once unflatteringly known |
| 41% | REST | 4 | "And as they say, the ___ is history" |
| 41% | REST | 4 | "And as they say, the ___ is history..." |
| 41% | PESTS | 5 | Things that are really annoying |
| 41% | REST | 4 | "The ___, as they say, is history" |
| 41% | EXHIBITORS | 10 | They do things "for show" |
| 41% | USEDCARS | 8 | They're sold as is |
| 40% | SEEM | 4 | "Things are not always as they ___." (appear) |
| 40% | SEEM | 4 | "Things are not always as they ___" (appear) |
| 40% | SENDERS | 7 | Things are often returned to them |
| 40% | PLANSTO | 7 | Will, if things proceed as intended |