| 100% | MELT | 4 | 2002 Rascal Flatts album |
| 46% | TRIO | 4 | Rascal Flatts, for one |
| 46% | TRIO | 4 | Rascal Flatts, for example |
| 46% | TRIO | 4 | Rascal Flatts, e.g. |
| 40% | RELEASE | 7 | 2002 Pet Shop Boys Album |
| 39% | HEATHEN | 7 | 2002 studio album by David Bowie |
| 37% | EMINEM | 6 | "The ___ Show" (12x platinum 2002 album) |
| 37% | ISA | 3 | “Life ___ Highway” (song covered by Rascal Flatts for the “Cars” soundtrack) |
| 36% | RASCAL | 6 | ___ Flatts (country group with the 2014 album "Rewind") |
| 36% | EMINEM | 6 | "The ___ Show" (best-selling album of 2002) |
| 36% | THA | 3 | "J to __ L-O!": 2002 remix album |
| 35% | TRAINS | 6 | 2002 song by Porcupine Tree from their album "In Absentia" |
| 34% | DIALASONG | 9 | 2002 two-disc anthology album by 8-Down/43-Across: Hyph. |
| 33% | ASHANTI | 7 | Singer with a self-titled #1 album in 2002 |
| 33% | AVRIL | 5 | First name on the multiplatinum 2002 album Let Go |
| 32% | JLO | 3 | Multiplatinum album with the 2002 hit "Ain't It Funny" |
| 32% | THA | 3 | Snoop's 2002 album "Paid ___ Cost to Be da Boss" |
| 32% | THESE | 5 | "___ Days" (Rascal Flatts hit) |
| 32% | EVE | 3 | "___-Olution" (2002 rap album) |
| 31% | LIFE | 4 | "___ Goes On," 2002 LeAnn Rimes song from her album "Twisted Angel" |
| 31% | ISA | 3 | "Life ___ Highway" (Rascal Flatts cover) |
| 31% | EVE | 3 | ___-Olution (punningly titled 2002 hip-hop album) |
| 30% | ROAD | 4 | "Bless the Broken ___" (Rascal Flatts hit) |
| 29% | SUNDAYMORNING | 13 | Maroon 5 hit single from their 2002 album "Songs About Jane" (2 wds.) |
| 29% | TOY | 3 | David Bowie album recorded in 2001 or 2002 and leaked online in 2011 |
| 29% | ROAD | 4 | "October ___," 2002 album by James Taylor whose title means a tar-ed surface |
| 29% | THERISING | 9 | 2002 Bruce Springsteen album featuring the Top 40 hit "Lonesome Day" (2 wds.) |
| 29% | MOST | 4 | "What Hurts the ___" (Rascal Flatts hit song) |
| 28% | SMILIN | 6 | "Rockapella" album of mid-2002 |
| 27% | THA | 3 | “J to -- L-O!” (2002 album) |