#include <algorithm>
#include <iomanip>
#include <array>
#include <bitset>
#include <cassert>
#include <cmath>
#include <cstdio>
#include <deque>
#include <functional>
#include <iostream>
#include <iterator>
#include <map>
#include <queue>
#include <set>
#include <string>
#include <sstream>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <unordered_set>
#include <utility>
#include <numeric>
#include <vector>
using namespace std;
#if __has_include(<atcoder/all>)
#include <atcoder/all>
using namespace atcoder;
#endif
#define GET_MACRO(_1, _2, _3, NAME, ...) NAME
#define _rep(i, n) _rep2(i, 0, n)
#define _rep2(i, a, b) for(int i = (int)(a); i < (int)(b); i++)
#define rep(...) GET_MACRO(__VA_ARGS__, _rep2, _rep)(__VA_ARGS__)
#define all(x) (x).begin(), (x).end()
#define rall(x) (x).rbegin(), (x).rend()
using i64 = long long;
template<class T, class U>
bool chmin(T& a, const U& b) { return (b < a) ? (a = b, true) : false; }
template<class T, class U>
bool chmax(T& a, const U& b) { return (b > a) ? (a = b, true) : false; }

template<typename T>istream& operator>>(istream&i,vector<T>&v){rep(j,v.size())i>>v[j];return i;}
template<typename T>string join(vector<T>&v){stringstream s;rep(i,v.size())s<<' '<<v[i];return s.str().substr(1);}
template<typename T>ostream& operator<<(ostream&o,vector<T>&v){if(v.size())o<<join(v);return o;}
template<typename T>string join(vector<vector<T>>&vv){string s="\n";rep(i,vv.size())s+=join(vv[i])+"\n";return s;}
template<typename T>ostream& operator<<(ostream&o,vector<vector<T>>&vv){if(vv.size())o<<join(vv);return o;}
template<class T> using pq = priority_queue<T, vector<T>, greater<T>>;

int main()
{
    int n;
    cin >> n;

    vector<string> vs;
    rep(i, n)
    {
        string s;
        cin >> s;
        auto t = s;
        sort(all(s));
        if(t == s) vs.push_back(t);
    }

    int m = vs.size();
    int a = 'z' - 'a' + 1;
    vector dp(m + 1, vector<int>(a, 0));

    rep(i, m)
    {
        rep(j, vs[i][0] - 'a' + 1)
        {
            chmax(dp[i + 1][vs[i].back() - 'a'], dp[i][j] + int(vs[i].size()));
        }
    }

    int ans = 0;
    rep(j, a)
    {
        chmax(ans, dp[m][j]);
    }

    cout << ans << endl;

    return 0;
}