Brain Game: Three Strokes Down

Here's a new mentalfloss.com Brain Game Free-for-all Friday challenge. Enjoy!

As depicted below, what letter in the following series is missing, and why?

Here is the ANSWER.

THE ANSWER:

N.

The letters represent the 8 capital letters that, when written by hand, are drawn using three straight lines.

Thanks for playing, and have a great weekend!