bronze_Moo_Operations (USACO January_Contest)
Time limit: 2 seconds | Memory limit: 256 MB | Task type: batch
Algorithms: brute force, greedy, string

Because Bessie is bored of playing with her usual text string where the only
characters are 'C,' 'O,' and 'W,' Farmer John gave her $Q$ new strings
($1 \leq Q \leq 100$), where the only characters are 'M' and 'O.' Bessie's
favorite word out of the characters 'M' and 'O' is obviously "MOO," so she wants
to turn each of the $Q$ strings into "MOO" using the following operations:
Replace either the first or last character with its opposite (so that 'M'
becomes 'O' and 'O' becomes 'M').
Delete either the first or last character.
Unfortunately, Bessie is lazy and does not want to perform more operations than
absolutely necessary. For each string, please help her determine the minimum
number of operations necessary to form "MOO" or output $-1$ if this is
impossible.
INPUT FORMAT (input arrives from the terminal / stdin):
The first line of input contains the value of $Q$.
The next $Q$ lines of input each consist of a string, each of its characters
either 'M' or 'O'. Each string has at least 1 and at most 100 characters.
OUTPUT FORMAT (print output to the terminal / stdout):
Output the answer for each input string on a separate line.
SAMPLE INPUT:
3
MOMMOM
MMO
MOO
SAMPLE OUTPUT:
4
-1
0
A sequence of $4$ operations transforming the first string into "MOO" is as
follows:
Replace the last character with O (operation 1)
Delete the first character (operation 2)
Delete the first character (operation 2)
Delete the first character (operation 2)
The second string cannot be transformed into "MOO." The third string is already
"MOO," so no operations need to be performed.
SCORING:
Inputs 2-4: Every string has length at most $3$.
Inputs 5-11: No additional constraints.
Problem credits: Aryansh Shrivastava

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