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import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;

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 *
 * @author pttrung
 */
public class A {

    //  public static int[][] dp;
    public static int Mod;

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            Scanner in = new Scanner();
            // PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(new FileOutputStream(new File("output.txt")));
            PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(System.out);
            // System.out.println(Long.MAX_VALUE);

            int n = in.nextInt();
            String[] data = new String[n];
            int[][] dp = new int[26][26];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                data[i] = in.next();
            }

            for (int i = n - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
                int s = data[i].charAt(0) - 'a';
                int e = data[i].charAt(data[i].length() - 1) - 'a';
                //dp[s][e] = Math.max(dp[s][e], data[i].length());
                for (int j = 0; j < 26; j++) {
                    if (dp[e][j] > 0) {
                        dp[s][j] = Math.max(data[i].length() + dp[e][j], dp[s][j]);
                    }
                }
                dp[s][e] = Math.max(dp[s][e], data[i].length());
            }
            int result = 0;
            for (int i = 0; i < 26; i++) {
                //System.out.println(i + " " + dp[i][i]);
                result = Math.max(dp[i][i], result);
            }
            out.println(result);

            out.close();
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    public static class Node implements Comparable<Node> {

        int index, val;

        public Node(int index, int val) {
            this.index = index;
            this.val = val;
        }

        @Override
        public int compareTo(Node o) {
            if (val != o.val) {
                return val - o.val;
            }
            return index - o.index;
        }
    }

    public static int[][] powSquareMatrix(int[][] A, long p) {
        int[][] unit = new int[A.length][A.length];
        for (int i = 0; i < unit.length; i++) {
            unit[i][i] = 1;
        }
        if (p == 0) {
            return unit;
        }
        int[][] val = powSquareMatrix(A, p / 2);
        if (p % 2 == 0) {
            return mulMatrix(val, val);
        } else {
            return mulMatrix(A, mulMatrix(val, val));
        }

    }

    public static int[][] mulMatrix(int[][] A, int[][] B) {
        int[][] result = new int[A.length][B[0].length];
        for (int i = 0; i < result.length; i++) {
            for (int j = 0; j < result[0].length; j++) {
                long temp = 0;
                for (int k = 0; k < A[0].length; k++) {

                    temp += ((long) A[i][k] * B[k][j] % Mod);
                    temp %= Mod;
                }
                temp %= Mod;
                result[i][j] = (int) temp;
            }
        }

        return result;
    }

    static double dist(Point a, Point b) {
        long total = (a.x - b.x) * (a.x - b.x) + (a.y - b.y) * (a.y - b.y);
        return Math.sqrt(total);
    }

    static class Point implements Comparable<Point> {

        int x, y;

        public Point(int x, int y) {
            this.x = x;
            this.y = y;

        }

        @Override
        public int compareTo(Point o) {
            if (x != o.x) {
                return x - o.x;
            }
            return y - o.y;
        }
    }

    public static boolean nextPer(int[] data) {
        int i = data.length - 1;
        while (i > 0 && data[i] < data[i - 1]) {
            i--;
        }
        if (i == 0) {
            return false;
        }
        int j = data.length - 1;
        while (data[j] < data[i - 1]) {
            j--;
        }
        int temp = data[i - 1];
        data[i - 1] = data[j];
        data[j] = temp;
        Arrays.sort(data, i, data.length);
        return true;
    }

    static class FT {

        int[] data;

        FT(int n) {
            data = new int[n];
        }

        void update(int index, int val) {
            // System.out.println("UPDATE INDEX " + index);
            while (index < data.length) {
                data[index] += val;
                index += index & (-index);

                //    System.out.println("NEXT " +index);
            }
        }

        int get(int index) {
            //  System.out.println("GET INDEX " + index);
            int result = 0;
            while (index > 0) {
                result += data[index];
                index -= index & (-index);
                // System.out.println("BACK " + index);
            }
            return result;
        }
    }

    static int gcd(int a, int b) {
        if (b == 0) {
            return a;
        } else {
            return gcd(b, a % b);
        }
    }

    static int pow(int a, int b) {
        if (b == 0) {
            return 1;
        }
        if (b == 1) {
            return a;
        }
        int val = pow(a, b / 2);
        if (b % 2 == 0) {

            return val * val;
        } else {
            return val * val * a;
        }
    }

//    static Point intersect(Point a, Point b, Point c) {
//        double D = cross(a, b);
//        if (D != 0) {
//            return new Point(cross(c, b) / D, cross(a, c) / D);
//        }
//        return null;
//    }
//
//    static Point convert(Point a, double angle) {
//        double x = a.x * cos(angle) - a.y * sin(angle);
//        double y = a.x * sin(angle) + a.y * cos(angle);
//        return new Point(x, y);
//    }
//    static Point minus(Point a, Point b) {
//        return new Point(a.x - b.x, a.y - b.y);
//    }
//
//    static Point add(Point a, Point b) {
//        return new Point(a.x + b.x, a.y + b.y);
//    }
//
//    static double cross(Point a, Point b) {
//        return a.x * b.y - a.y * b.x;
//
//
//    }
//
//    static class Point {
//
//        int x, y;
//
//        Point(int x, int y) {
//            this.x = x;
//            this.y = y;
//        }
//
//        @Override
//        public String toString() {
//            return "Point: " + x + " " + y;
//        }
//    }
    static class Scanner {

        BufferedReader br;
        StringTokenizer st;

        public Scanner() throws FileNotFoundException {
            //System.setOut(new PrintStream(new BufferedOutputStream(System.out), true));
            br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
            //br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(new File("input.txt")));
        }

        public String next() {


            while (st == null || !st.hasMoreTokens()) {
                try {
                    st = new StringTokenizer(br.readLine());
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    throw new RuntimeException();
                }
            }
            return st.nextToken();
        }

        public long nextLong() {
            return Long.parseLong(next());
        }

        public int nextInt() {
            return Integer.parseInt(next());
        }

        public double nextDouble() {
            return Double.parseDouble(next());
        }

        public String nextLine() {
            st = null;
            try {
                return br.readLine();
            } catch (Exception e) {
                throw new RuntimeException();
            }
        }

        public boolean endLine() {
            try {
                String next = br.readLine();
                while (next != null && next.trim().isEmpty()) {
                    next = br.readLine();
                }
                if (next == null) {
                    return true;
                }
                st = new StringTokenizer(next);
                return st.hasMoreTokens();
            } catch (Exception e) {
                throw new RuntimeException();
            }
        }
    }
}