#include <bits/stdc++.h>
 
using namespace std;
 
using i64 = long long;
#define forn(a, e) for (i64 a = 0; a < (i64)(e); a++)
#define forr(a, s, e) for (i64 a = s; a < (i64)(e); a++)
#define fore(e, a) for (auto& e : a)
 
#ifdef LOCAL
#define logv(a) {cerr << #a << " = "; fore(e, a) {cerr << e << " ";} cerr << "\n";}
#define logvp(a) {cerr << #a << " = "; fore(e, a) {cerr << "(" << e.first << ", " << e.second << ") ";} cerr << "\n";}
#define logvv(a) {cerr << #a << " = \n"; fore(r, a) { fore(e, r) {cerr << e << " ";} cerr << "\n";} }
#define logvf(a, field) {cerr << #a"."#field << " = \n"; fore(e, a) { cerr << e.field << " ";} cerr << "\n"; }
#define logvff(a, f1, f2) {cerr << #a".{"#f1 << ", "#f2 << "} = \n"; fore(e, a) { cerr << "(" << e.f1 <<", " << e.f2 << ") ";} cerr << "\n"; }
#define logs(a) cerr << #a << " = " << (a) << "\n";
#define logss(a, b) cerr << #a << " = " << (a) << ", " << #b << " = " << (b) << "\n";
#define logp(a) cerr << #a << " = " << "(" << a.first << ", " << a.second << ")" << "\n";
#define cond(pred, stmt) if (pred) { stmt }
#else
#define logv(a)
#define logvp(a)
#define logvv(a)
#define logvf(a, field)
#define logvff(a, f1, f2)
#define logs(a)
#define logss(a, b)
#define logp(a)
#define cond(pred, stmt)
#endif
 
using iip = pair<int, int>;
using llp = pair<i64, i64>;
using ivec = vector<int>;
using llvec = vector<i64>;
using svec = vector<string>;
template<typename T> using vec = vector<T>;
 
template<typename T, typename Dim>
auto make_vec(T value, Dim dim) { return vector<T>(dim, value); }
template<typename T, typename Dim1, typename... Dim>
auto make_vec(T value, Dim1 dim1, Dim... dims) { return make_vec(make_vec(value, dims...), dim1); }
 
template<typename T>
bool uax(T& v, const T& newv) { if (v < newv) { v = newv; return true; } else return false; }
template<typename T>
bool uin(T& v, const T& newv) { if (v > newv) { v = newv; return true; } else return false; }
 
template<typename T>
istream& operator>>(istream& is, vector<T>& c) { for (auto& e : c) is >> e; return is; }
template<typename T, size_t N>
istream& operator>>(istream& is, array<T, N>& c) { for (auto& e : c) is >> e; return is; }
 
template<typename ...T>
istream& read(T&... args) { return (cin >> ... >> args); }
 
static mt19937 rande(123123);
template<typename T>
T rand_int(T from, T to) { uniform_int_distribution<T> distr(from, to); return distr(rande); }
 
constexpr i64 INF = 1e18;
// constexpr int MXB = 4;
constexpr int MXB = 9;
using bin = bitset<MXB>;
constexpr i64 M = 1e9 + 7;

int main() {
    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
    cin.tie(nullptr);
    rande.seed(chrono::steady_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count());

    i64 n;
    while (read(n)) {
        svec ss(n);
        read(ss);

        map<string, int> cc;
        i64 ans = 0;
        fore(s, ss) {
            int c = 0;
            forn(i, s.size() - 1) {
                if (s[i] == 'A' && s[i + 1] == 'B') {
                    c++;
                }
            }
            ans += c;
            cc[string{s.front(), s.back()}]++;
        } 

        logvp(cc);

        if (cc.count("BA")) {
            ans += cc["BA"] - 1;
            cc["BA"] = 1;
        }

        i64 lc = 0;
        i64 rc = 0;
        for (char c = 'A'; c <= 'Z'; c++) {
            string ls = {c, 'A'};
            string rs = {'B', c};
            if (ls != "BA") {
                lc += cc[ls];
            }
            if (rs != "BA") {
                rc += cc[rs];
            }
        }
        i64 d = min(lc, rc);
        logs(ans);
        logss(lc, rc);
        if (d) {
            ans += d;
            ans += (cc["BA"] == 1);
        } else {
            ans += (cc["BA"] == 1 && (lc || rc));
        }
        cout << ans << endl;
    }
}


Measured memory_bytes: 3772