#!/usr/bin/env python3
# from typing import *

import sys
import io
import math
import collections
import decimal
import itertools
import bisect
import heapq


def input():
    return sys.stdin.readline()[:-1]


# sys.setrecursionlimit(1000000)

# _INPUT = """4
# abc
# ab
# bbccdd
# de
# """
# sys.stdin = io.StringIO(_INPUT)


N = int(input())
S = [input() for _ in range(N)]
L = []
for s in S:
    ok = True
    for i in range(len(s)-1):
        if s[i] > s[i+1]:
            ok = False
            break
    if ok:
        L.append((ord(s[0])-ord('a'), ord(s[-1])-ord('a'), len(s)))
# L.sort(key=lambda x: (x[0], x[1], -x[2]))

dp = [0] * 26
for k1, k2, l in L:

    dp1 = [0] * 26
    for k in range(26):
        dp1[k] = max(dp1[k], dp[k])
        if k <= k1:
            dp1[k2] = max(dp1[k2], dp[k]+l)
    dp = dp1

ans = max(dp)
print(ans)