use std::collections::HashSet;
use std::collections::VecDeque;
fn solve() {
    let s = std::io::stdin();
    let mut sc = Scanner { stdin: s.lock() };
    let n: usize = sc.read();
    let mut result = 0;

    let ss: Vec<(char, char)> = (0..n)
        .map(|i| {
            let s = sc.chars();
            for x in s.windows(2) {
                if x[0] == 'A' && x[1] == 'B' {
                    result += 1;
                }
            }

            let c1 = s[0];
            let c2 = *s.last().unwrap();
            (c1, c2)
        })
        .collect();


    let mut ba = 0;
    let mut b1 = 0;
    let mut a2 = 0;
    for &(a, b) in ss.iter() {
        if a == 'B' && b == 'A' {
            ba += 1;
            continue;
        }
        if a == 'B' {
            b1 += 1;
        }
        if b == 'A' {
            a2 += 1;
        }
    }

    result += if ba >= 1 { ba - 1 } else { 0 };
    if ba > 0 && b1 > 0 {
        b1 -= 1;
        result += 1;
    }
    if ba > 0 && a2 > 0 {
        a2 -= 1;
        result += 1;
    }

    let cnt = std::cmp::min(b1, a2);
    result += cnt;

    b1 -= cnt;
    a2 -= cnt;


    //BABABABABA XXABXX XXABXX XXA BXX
    println!("{}", result);
}

fn main() {
    std::thread::Builder::new()
        .stack_size(64 * 1024 * 1024) // 64MB
        .spawn(|| solve())
        .unwrap()
        .join()
        .unwrap();
}
pub mod utils {
    const DYX: [(isize, isize); 8] = [
        (0, 1),   //right
        (1, 0),   //down
        (0, -1),  //left
        (-1, 0),  //top
        (1, 1),   //down right
        (-1, 1),  //top right
        (1, -1),  //down left
        (-1, -1), //top left
    ];

    pub fn try_adj(y: usize, x: usize, dir: usize, h: usize, w: usize) -> Option<(usize, usize)> {
        let ny = y as isize + DYX[dir].0;
        let nx = x as isize + DYX[dir].1;
        if ny >= 0 && nx >= 0 {
            let ny = ny as usize;
            let nx = nx as usize;
            if ny < h && nx < w {
                Some((ny, nx))
            } else {
                None
            }
        } else {
            None
        }
    }
}

//snippet from kenkoooo
pub struct Scanner<R> {
    stdin: R,
}

impl<R: std::io::Read> Scanner<R> {
    pub fn read<T: std::str::FromStr>(&mut self) -> T {
        use std::io::Read;
        let buf = self
            .stdin
            .by_ref()
            .bytes()
            .map(|b| b.unwrap())
            .skip_while(|&b| b == b' ' || b == b'\n' || b == b'\r')
            .take_while(|&b| b != b' ' && b != b'\n' && b != b'\r')
            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
        unsafe { std::str::from_utf8_unchecked(&buf) }
            .parse()
            .ok()
            .expect("Parse error.")
    }
    pub fn read_line(&mut self) -> String {
        use std::io::Read;
        let buf = self
            .stdin
            .by_ref()
            .bytes()
            .map(|b| b.unwrap())
            .skip_while(|&b| b == b'\n' || b == b'\r')
            .take_while(|&b| b != b'\n' && b != b'\r')
            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
        unsafe { std::str::from_utf8_unchecked(&buf) }
            .parse()
            .ok()
            .expect("Parse error.")
    }
    pub fn vec<T: std::str::FromStr>(&mut self, n: usize) -> Vec<T> {
        (0..n).map(|_| self.read()).collect()
    }

    pub fn chars(&mut self) -> Vec<char> {
        self.read::<String>().chars().collect()
    }
}


Measured memory_bytes: 8572