Looking at the pattern "_r___e", common English words that fit this pattern include "bridge", "browse", "freeze", etc. The letter 'o' appears frequently in words with this pattern, such as in "broken" or "browse". Vowels are also generally good guesses in Hangman, and we've already tried 'a' and 'e'. The letter 'o' could potentially appear in positions 3 or 4 in words like "browse" or "throne".