#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
using namespace std;

#define N 6

int n;
char s[N][N];
int w[N];

int rank()
{
	int t[N] = { 0, };
	for ( int i = 0; i < n; i++ ) {
		t[w[i]] = 1;
	}

	int r = 0;
	for ( int i = w[0]; i < n; i++ ) {
		r += t[i];
	}

	return r;
}

int dfs(int a, int b, int r, int rg)
{
	w[a] += r;
	w[b] += 1 - r;

	int mn = N;
	if ( rg == 1 ) {
		mn = ::rank();
	}
	else {
		for ( int i = a; i < n - 1; i++ ) {
			for ( int j = b + 1; j < n; j++ ) {
				if ( s[i][j] == '-' ) {
					mn = min(dfs(i, j, 1, rg - 1), dfs(i, j, 0, rg - 1));
				}
			}
			b = i + 1;
		}
	}

	w[a] -= r;
	w[b] -= 1 - r;

	return mn;
}

int main()
{
	int rg = 0;
	cin >> n;
	for ( int i = 0; i < n; i++ ) {
		for ( int j = 0; j < n; j++ ) {
			cin >> s[i][j];
			w[i] += s[i][j] == 'o' ? 1 : 0;
			rg += s[i][j] == '-' ? 1 : 0;
		}
	}
	for ( int i = 1; i < n; i++ ) {
		if ( s[0][i] == '-' ) {
			s[0][i] = 'o'; s[i][0] = 'x';
			w[0]++;
			rg--;
		}
	}
	rg /= 2;

	if ( rg == 0 ) {
		cout << ::rank() << endl;
		return 0;
	}

	for ( int i = 0; i < n - 1; i++ ) {
		for ( int j = i + 1; j < n; j++ ) {
			if ( s[i][j] == '-' ) {
				cout << min(dfs(i, j, 1, rg), dfs(i, j, 0, rg)) << endl;
				return 0;
			}
		}
	}

	return 0;
}