n = int(input())
s = []
for _ in range(n):
    t = input()
    f = 1
    prev = 96
    for c in t:
        if ord(c) < prev:
            f = 0
            break
        prev = ord(c)
    if f:
        s.append(t)
s.sort(key = lambda x: (ord(x[-1]), ord(x[-1])))

dp = [0] * 26
for t in s:
    st = ord(t[0]) - 97
    ed = ord(t[-1]) - 97
    dp[ed] = max(dp[ed], max(dp[:st+1]) + len(t))

print(max(dp))