#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
int main(){
int n;
int a[10005];
cin>>n;
string x;
for(int i=0;i<n;i++){
cin>>x;
if(x[0]==x[x.length()-1]) a[i]=0;
else a[i]=1;
}
for(int i=0;i<n;i++){
if(a[i]==0) cout<<"YES"<<endl;
else cout<<"NO"<<endl;
}
return 0;
}
