#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace::std;

const int inf = 100000000 + 10;
const int N = 200000 + 5;
const int E = 26;

int n;
int L[N];
int R[N];
int len[N];
int maxi[E];
bool valid[N];

bool check(string s){
	for(int i = 1; i < s.size(); i++){
		if(s[i - 1] > s[i]) return false;
	}
	return true;
}

int main(){
	ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
	cin.tie(0);
	cin >> n;
	for(int i = 0; i < n; i++){
		string s;
		cin >> s;
		len[i] = s.size();
		L[i] = s[0] - 'a';
		R[i] = s[len[i] - 1] - 'a';
		valid[i] = check(s);
	}
	vector<int> p(n);
	iota(p.begin(), p.end(), 0);
	sort(p.begin(), p.end(), [&] (int i, int j){
		if(R[i] == R[j]) return L[i] < L[j];
		return R[i] < R[j];
	});
	for(int i = 0; i < E; i++) maxi[i] = -inf;
	if(valid[p[0]]) maxi[R[p[0]]] = len[p[0]];
	for(int at = 1; at < n; at++){
		int i = p[at];
		if(valid[i]){
			int best = 0;
			for(int j = 0; j <= L[i]; j++){
				best = max(best, maxi[j]);
			}
			best += len[i];
			maxi[R[i]] = max(maxi[R[i]], best);
		}
	}
	cout << max(0, *max_element(maxi, maxi + E)) << endl;
	return 0;
}