N = int(input())

S = []
for _ in range(N):
    s = input()
    l = list(s)
    if l == sorted(l):
        S.append(s)
        
S.sort(key=lambda x: x[0]+x[-1])

DP = [[0] * 26 for _ in range(len(S)+1)]
for i, s in enumerate(S):
    e = ord(s[-1])-ord('a')
    for j in range(e):
        DP[i+1][j] = DP[i][j]
    for j in range(e, 26):
        DP[i+1][j] = max(DP[i][j], DP[i][ord(s[0])-ord('a')] + len(s))
print(max(DP[len(S)]))