#ifndef SorahISA
#define SorahISA
#include SorahISA __FILE__ SorahISA

const int sigma = 26;

void solve() {
    int N; cin >> N;
    
    vector<string> words(N);
    bitset<sigma> is_end;
    vector _adj(sigma+1, vector<int>(sigma+1, 0));
    for (string &str : words) {
        cin >> str;
        is_end[str[0] - 'a'] = is_end[str.back() - 'a'] = 1;
        ++_adj[str[0] - 'a'][str.back() - 'a'];
    }
    
    array<int, 3> id{sigma, sigma, sigma};
    for (int i = sigma-1; i >= 0; --i) {
        if (is_end[i]) id[0] = id[1], id[1] = id[2], id[2] = i;
    }
    // debug(id);
    
    vector adj{
        vector{_adj[id[0]][id[0]] & 1, _adj[id[0]][id[1]],     _adj[id[0]][id[2]]},
        vector{_adj[id[1]][id[0]],     _adj[id[1]][id[1]] & 1, _adj[id[1]][id[2]]},
        vector{_adj[id[2]][id[0]],     _adj[id[2]][id[1]],     _adj[id[2]][id[2]] & 1},
    };
    
    for (auto [a, b] : list<pii>{{0, 1}, {0, 2}, {1, 2}}) {
        int tmp = min(adj[a][b], adj[b][a]);
        adj[a][b] -= tmp, adj[b][a] -= tmp;
    }
    
    // debug(adj[0]);
    // debug(adj[1]);
    // debug(adj[2]);
    
    map<pair<vector<vector<int>>, int>, bool> state;
    function<bool(vector<vector<int>>&, int)> recur = [&](vector<vector<int>> &G, int now) -> bool {
        if (state.contains({G, now})) return state[{G, now}];
        bool flag = false;
        for (int x : {0, 1, 2}) {
            if (G[now][x]) {
                --G[now][x];
                flag |= !recur(G, x);
                ++G[now][x];
            }
        }
        // debug(G, now, flag);
        return state[{G, now}] = flag;
    };
    
    for (int x : {0, 1, 2}) recur(adj, x);
    
    int ans = 0;
    for (int i : {0, 1, 2}) for (int j : {0, 1, 2}) {
        if (adj[i][j]) {
            --adj[i][j];
            if (!recur(adj, j)) ans += _adj[id[i]][id[j]]; //, debug(i, j, _adj[id[i]][id[j]]);
            ++adj[i][j];
        }
        else {
            ++adj[j][i];
            if (!recur(adj, j)) ans += _adj[id[i]][id[j]]; //, debug(i, j, _adj[id[i]][id[j]]);
            --adj[j][i];
        }
    }
    print(ans);
}

int32_t main() {
    fastIO();
    
    int t = 1; // cin >> t;
    for (int _ = 1; _ <= t; ++_) {
        // cout << "Case #" << _ << ": ";
        solve();
    }
    
    return 0;
}

#else

#ifdef local
#define _GLIBCXX_DEBUG 1
#endif
#pragma GCC optimize("Ofast", "unroll-loops")
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

using i64 = long long;
using i128 = __int128;
#define int i64
using f80 = long double;
using f128 = __float128;
#define double f80
using pii = pair<int, int>;
template <typename T> using Prior = std::priority_queue<T>;
template <typename T> using prior = std::priority_queue<T, vector<T>, greater<T>>;

// #define X first
// #define Y second
#define eb emplace_back
#define ef emplace_front
#define ee emplace
#define pb pop_back
#define pf pop_front
#define ALL(x) begin(x), end(x)
#define RALL(x) rbegin(x), rend(x)
#define SZ(x) ((int)(x).size())

template <size_t D, typename T> struct Vec : vector<Vec<D-1, T>> {
    static_assert(D >= 1, "Vector dimension must be greater than zero!");
    template <typename... Args> Vec(int n = 0, Args... args) : vector<Vec<D-1, T>>(n, Vec<D-1, T>(args...)) {}
};

template <typename T> struct Vec<1, T> : vector<T> {
    Vec(int n = 0, const T& val = T()) : vector<T>(n, val) {}
};

template <class F>
inline constexpr decltype(auto) lambda_fix(F&& f) {
    return [f = std::forward<F>(f)](auto&&... args) {
        return f(f, std::forward<decltype(args)>(args)...);
    };
}

#ifdef local
#define fastIO() void()
#define debug(...) \
    _color.emplace_back("\u001b[31m"), \
    fprintf(stderr, "%sAt [%s], line %d: (%s) = ", _color.back().c_str(), __FUNCTION__, __LINE__, #__VA_ARGS__), \
    _do(__VA_ARGS__), _color.pop_back(), \
    fprintf(stderr, "%s", _color.back().c_str())
#define print(...) \
    fprintf(stdout, "%s", "\u001b[36m"), \
    _P(__VA_ARGS__), \
    fprintf(stdout, "%s", "\u001b[0m")

deque<string> _color{"\u001b[0m"};

template <typename T> concept is_string = is_same_v<T, string&> or is_same_v<T, const string&>;
template <typename T> concept is_iterable = requires (T _t) {begin(_t);};

template <typename T> inline void _print_err(T &&_t);
template <typename T> inline void _print_err(T &&_t) requires is_iterable<T> and (not is_string<T>);
template <size_t I, typename ...U> inline typename enable_if<I == sizeof...(U), void>::type _print_err(const tuple<U...> &);
template <size_t I, typename ...U> inline typename enable_if<I <  sizeof...(U), void>::type _print_err(const tuple<U...> &_t);
template <size_t I, typename ...U> inline typename enable_if<I == sizeof...(U), void>::type _print_err(tuple<U...> &);
template <size_t I, typename ...U> inline typename enable_if<I <  sizeof...(U), void>::type _print_err(tuple<U...> &_t);
template <typename T, typename U> ostream& operator << (ostream &os, const pair<T, U> &_tu);

inline void _do() {cerr << "\n";};
template <typename T> inline void _do(T &&_t) {_print_err(_t), cerr << "\n";}
template <typename T, typename ...U> inline void _do(T &&_t, U &&..._u) {_print_err(_t), cerr << ", ", _do(_u...);}
#else
#define fastIO() ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0), cin.tie(0)
#define debug(...) void()
#define print(...) _P(__VA_ARGS__)
#endif

inline void _P() {cout << "\n";};
template <typename T> inline void _P(T &&_t) {cout << _t << "\n";}
template <typename T, typename ...U> inline void _P(T &&_t, U &&..._u) {cout << _t << " ", _P(_u...);}

mt19937_64 rng(chrono::steady_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count());

inline int getRand(int L, int R) {
    if (L > R) swap(L, R);
    return (int)(rng() % ((uint64_t)R - L + 1) + L);
}

template <typename T, typename U> bool chmin(T &lhs, U rhs) {return lhs > rhs ? lhs = rhs, 1 : 0;}
template <typename T, typename U> bool chmax(T &lhs, U rhs) {return lhs < rhs ? lhs = rhs, 1 : 0;}

/// below are Fast I/O and _print_err templates ///

/*
/// Fast I/O by FHVirus ///
/// https://fhvirus.github.io/blog/2020/fhvirus-io/ ///

#include <unistd.h>

const int S = 65536;

int OP = 0;
char OB[S];

inline char RC() {
    static char buf[S], *p = buf, *q = buf;
    return p == q and (q = (p = buf) + read(0, buf, S)) == buf ? -1 : *p++;
}

inline int RI() {
    static char c;
    int a;
    while (((c = RC()) < '0' or c > '9') and c != '-' and c != -1);
    if (c == '-') {
        a = 0;
        while ((c = RC()) >= '0' and c <= '9') a *= 10, a -= c ^ '0';
    }
    else {
        a = c ^ '0';
        while ((c = RC()) >= '0' and c <= '9') a *= 10, a += c ^ '0';
    }
    return a;
}

inline void WI(int n, char c = '\n') {
    static char buf[20], p;
    if (n == 0) OB[OP++] = '0';
    p = 0;
    if (n < 0) {
        OB[OP++] = '-';
        while (n) buf[p++] = '0' - (n % 10), n /= 10;
    }
    else {
        while (n) buf[p++] = '0' + (n % 10), n /= 10;
    }
    for (--p; p >= 0; --p) OB[OP++] = buf[p];
    OB[OP++] = c;
    if (OP > S-20) write(1, OB, OP), OP = 0;
}

/// Fast I/O by FHVirus ///
/// https://fhvirus.github.io/blog/2020/fhvirus-io/ ///
*/

#ifdef local

template <typename T> inline void _print_err(T &&_t) {cerr << _t;}

template <typename T> inline void _print_err(T &&_t) requires is_iterable<T> and (not is_string<T>) {
    string _tmp_color = _color.back();
    ++_tmp_color[3], _color.emplace_back(_tmp_color);
    cerr << _color.back() << "[";
    for (bool _first = true; auto &_x : _t) {
        if (!_first) cerr << ", ";
        _print_err(_x), _first = false;
    }
    cerr << "]" << (_color.pop_back(), _color.back());
}

template <typename T, typename U> ostream& operator << (ostream &os, const pair<T, U> &_tu) {
    string _tmp_color = _color.back();
    ++_tmp_color[3], _color.emplace_back(_tmp_color);
    cerr << _color.back() << "(";
    _print_err(_tu.first), cerr << ", ", _print_err(_tu.second);
    cerr << ")" << (_color.pop_back(), _color.back());
    return os;
}

template <size_t I = 0, typename ...U> inline typename enable_if<I == sizeof...(U), void>::type _print_err(const tuple<U...> &) {
    cerr << ")" << (_color.pop_back(), _color.back());
}

template <size_t I = 0, typename ...U> inline typename enable_if<I <  sizeof...(U), void>::type _print_err(const tuple<U...> &_t) {
    if (!I) {
        string _tmp_color = _color.back();
        ++_tmp_color[3], _color.emplace_back(_tmp_color);
        cerr << _color.back();
    }
    cerr << (I ? ", " : "("), _print_err(get<I>(_t)), _print_err<I+1, U...>(_t);
}

template <size_t I = 0, typename ...U> inline typename enable_if<I == sizeof...(U), void>::type _print_err(tuple<U...> &) {
    cerr << ")" << (_color.pop_back(), _color.back());
}

template <size_t I = 0, typename ...U> inline typename enable_if<I <  sizeof...(U), void>::type _print_err(tuple<U...> &_t) {
    if (!I) {
        string _tmp_color = _color.back();
        ++_tmp_color[3], _color.emplace_back(_tmp_color);
        cerr << _color.back();
    }
    cerr << (I ? ", " : "("), _print_err(get<I>(_t)), _print_err<I+1, U...>(_t);
}

#endif

#endif