"Things are seldom what they ___." Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue "Things are seldom what they ___." . We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 4 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is SEEM.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SEEM "Things are seldom what they ___." (4)
76% HMSPINAFORE Where "things are seldom what they seem." (11)
8% RARELY Very seldom (6) Commuter Sep 9, 2025
8% RARE Seldom seen (4) Commuter Aug 25, 2025
7% ITEM Thing (4) Wall Street Journal Oct 9, 2025
7% ALOE Houseplant that seldom needs watering (4) LA Times Daily Oct 7, 2025
7% ENTITY Thing (6) USA Today Sep 16, 2025
7% TAPTAP [Is this thing on?] (6) New York Times Sep 3, 2025
7% ARENOT "Things __ what they seem" (6) Newsday Aug 29, 2025
6% CAUSES Things to fight for (6) Wall Street Journal Oct 9, 2025
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