#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
//#include <atcoder/all>
//using namespace atcoder;
using ll = long long;
using VI = vector<int>;
using VVI = vector<VI>;
using VL = vector<ll>;
using VVL = vector<VL>;
using VD = vector<double>;
using VVD = vector<VD>;
using VS = vector<string>;
using P = pair<ll,ll>;
using VP = vector<P>;
#define rep(i, n) for (ll i = 0; i < ll(n); i++)
#define out(x) cout << x << endl
#define dout(x) cout << fixed << setprecision(10) << x << endl
#define all(a) (a).begin(),(a).end()
#define rall(a) (a).rbegin(),(a).rend()
#define sz(x) (int)(x.size())
#define re0 return 0
#define pcnt __builtin_popcountll
template<class T> inline bool chmax(T& a, T b) { if (a < b) { a = b; return 1; } return 0; }
template<class T> inline bool chmin(T& a, T b) { if (a > b) { a = b; return 1; } return 0; }
constexpr int inf = 1e9;
constexpr ll INF = 1e18;
//using mint = modint1000000007;
//using mint = modint998244353;
int di[4] = {1,0,-1,0};
int dj[4] = {0,1,0,-1};

ll dp[1<<16][52][52];

int main(){
    ll n;
    cin >> n;
    VS s(n);
    rep(i,n) cin >> s[i];
    ll n2 = 1<<n;
    rep(i,n2)rep(j,52)rep(k,52) dp[i][j][k] = -INF;
    rep(j,52) dp[0][j][j] = 0;
    ll ans = 0;
    /* rep(bit,n2)rep(j,26)rep(k,26){
        rep(i,n){
            if(bit>>i&1) continue;
            if(s[i].back()-'a' == j){
                chmax(dp[bit|(1<<i)][s[i][0]-'a'][k],dp[bit][j][k]+sz(s[i]));
            }
            if(s[i][0]-'a' == k){
                chmax(dp[bit|(1<<i)][j][s[i].back()-'a'],dp[bit][j][k]+sz(s[i]));
            }
        }
        chmax(ans,dp[bit][j][k]);
    } */
    auto f = [](char c){
        if('a' <= c && c <= 'z'){
            return c-'a';
        } else {
            return 26+(c-'A');
        }
    };
    rep(bit,n2){
        rep(i,n){
            if(bit>>i&1) continue;
            rep(k,52){
                ll j = f(s[i].back());
                chmax(dp[bit|(1<<i)][f(s[i][0])][k],dp[bit][j][k]+sz(s[i]));
            }
            rep(j,52){
                ll k = f(s[i][0]);
                chmax(dp[bit|(1<<i)][j][f(s[i].back())],dp[bit][j][k]+sz(s[i]));
            }
        }
        rep(j,52)rep(k,52) chmax(ans,dp[bit][j][k]);
    }
    out(ans);
}