SCARABAEI - I knew it, just couldn't get there
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There is at least one word that can follow DRAFTIER.
Add an A to DRAFTIER to get the next word.
What happened to all our smart participants

We need them to be able to move along when words get over 4 letters

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I'll move it along...FAIR-TRADE
Sorry, Gautam! Merriam-Webster lists fair-trade as a verb, so the next word could have been fair-traded or fair-trades (which lasch gave us). It does not list fair-trader.