Problem:
Score : 400 points

Problem Statement

We have a string s consisting of lowercase English letters.
Snuke can perform the following operation repeatedly:

Insert a letter x to any position in s of his choice, including the beginning and end of s.

Snuke's objective is to turn s into a palindrome.
Determine whether the objective is achievable. If it is achievable, find the minimum number of operations required.

Notes

A palindrome is a string that reads the same forward and backward.
For example, a, aa, abba and abcba are palindromes, while ab, abab and abcda are not.

Constraints

1 \leq |s| \leq 10^5

s consists of lowercase English letters.

Input

Input is given from Standard Input in the following format:

s

Output

If the objective is achievable, print the number of operations required.
If it is not, print -1 instead.

Sample Input 1

xabxa

Sample Output 1

2

One solution is as follows (newly inserted x are shown in bold):

xabxa → xaxbxa → xaxbxax

Sample Input 2

ab

Sample Output 2

-1

No sequence of operations can turn s into a palindrome.

Sample Input 3

a

Sample Output 3

0

s is a palindrome already at the beginning.

Sample Input 4

oxxx

Sample Output 4

3

One solution is as follows:

oxxx → xoxxx → xxoxxx → xxxoxxx

Solution in Java8 (OpenJDK 1.8.0) (judge verdict: Wrong Answer)


import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.InputMismatchException;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map.Entry;
import java.util.NoSuchElementException;

public class Main implements Runnable { // クラス名はMain1

	PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(System.out);
	InputReader sc = new InputReader(System.in);
	static int mod = 1000000000 + 7; //10^9+7
	int[] dx = { 1, 0, -1, 0 }, dy = { 0, 1, 0, -1 }; //4 directions

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		Thread.setDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler((t, e) -> System.exit(1));
		new Thread(null, new Main(), "", 1024 * 1024 * 1024).start(); // 16MBスタックを確保して実行
	}

	public void run() {

		try {
			/**
			 * 2の累乗一覧
			 * http://www.gaoshukai.com/20/06/0022/
			 *
			 * Bit 全探索
				//Nは要素数 (bit全探索)
				//計算量はO(2^N) Nが0-20~25 (30は多分無理)くらいまでしか使えない
				Out: for (int bit = 0; bit < (1 << N); bit++) {
					out.println(Integer.toBinaryString(bit));
					In: for (int j = 0; j < N; j++) {
						out.println(1 & (bit >> j));
						//1が立ってれば対象。例えば101だったら1桁目と3桁目は選ばれている
						//「二進数iをjだけ右にビットシフトしたときの、iの1桁目と1とでビット論理積をとって、演算結果が1であるなら処理を実行する」
						if ((1 & bit >> j) == 1) {
						}
					}
				}
			 *
			 * 表示系
			 *   out.println();
			 *   out.println("i:" + i + " ,j:" + j);
			 *   out.println(Arrays.toString(A));
			 *
			 * Sort (Arrays)
			 *  Integer[] A = new Integer[N];
			 *    Desc : Arrays.sort(A , Collections.reverseOrder());
			 *    Asc  : Arrays.sort(A);
			 *
			 * 定義系
			 *   int[] s = new int[M];
			 *   ArrayDeque<Integer> deq= new ArrayDeque<>();//先頭と末尾への要素の追加・先頭と末尾の要素の取り出しと削除が定数時間
			 *   ArrayList<Integer> arr = new ArrayList<Integer>();//定数時間
			 *   HashMap<Integer,Integer> hm = new HashMap<>(); //定数時間
			 *
			 *   //要素の追加と、最小の要素の取り出しと削除が対数時間
			 *   PriorityQueue<Integer> pq = new PriorityQueue<>();//昇順
			 *   PriorityQueue<Integer> pq = new PriorityQueue<>(Collections.reverseOrder()); //逆順。降順
			 *
			 *   TreeSet<Integer> ts = new TreeSet<>();//対数時間(重複はできない)
			 *
			 * 文字系
			 *   String S = sc.next().trim();
			 *   for (char i = 'a'; i <= 'z'; i++) {}
			 *   S.substring(1,2);//あいうえお → い
			 *   S.substring(0,1); // 1文字目をとりたいとき
			 *
			 *   //同じ文字の繰り返し
			 *   String goy = String.join("", Collections.nCopies(2, "U")); //Uを２回繰り返し
			 *
			 *   文字列のSort
			 *    String sorted = S.chars().sorted().collect(StringBuilder::new,StringBuilder::appendCodePoint, StringBuilder::append) .toString();
			 */
			// long l = sc.nextLong();
			//String S = sc.next().trim();
			//int N = sc.nextInt();
			//int[] A = new int[N];

			String s = sc.next().trim();
			int N = s.length();
			char[] A = new char[N];
			int[] count = new int[26];
			for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
				A[i] = s.charAt(i);
				int num = A[i] - 97;
				if (A[i] != 'x') {
					count[num]++;
				}
			}

			String sn = s.replace("x", "");
			int half = sn.length() % 2 == 0 ? sn.length() / 2 : sn.length() / 2 + 1;
			String snf = sn.substring(0, sn.length() / 2);
			String snl = sn.substring(half, sn.length());
			//out.println(sn);
			//out.println(snf);
			//out.println(snl);

			if (snf.equals(new StringBuilder(snl).reverse().toString())) {
				//out.println(Arrays.toString(count));
				char chalf = 0;
				int chalfloc = 0;
				for (int i = 0; i < 26; i++) {
					if (count[i] % 2 != 0) {
						chalf = (char) (i + 97);
						chalfloc = count[i] / 2 + 1;
					}
				}
				//out.println(chalf);
				//out.println(chalfloc);

				int countc = 0;
				String f = "";
				String l = "";
				for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
					if (A[i] == chalf) {
						countc++;
					}
					if (countc == chalfloc) {
						f = s.substring(0, i);
						l = new StringBuilder(s.substring(i + 1, N)).reverse().toString();
						break;
					}
				}

				//out.println(f);
				//out.println(l);
				long ans = 0;
				int len = f.length() > l.length() ? f.length() : l.length();
				if (f.length() == 0 || l.length() == 0) {
					out.println(len);
					return;
				}

				int cntf = 0;
				int cntl = 0;
				char fc = f.charAt(cntf);
				char lc = l.charAt(cntl);
				for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
					if (fc == lc) {
						cntf++;
						cntl++;
					} else if (fc != lc && fc == 'x') {
						cntf++;
						ans++;
					} else if (fc != lc && lc == 'x') {
						cntl++;
						ans++;
					}
					if (cntf < f.length()) {
						fc = f.charAt(cntf);
					}
					if (cntl < l.length()) {
						lc = l.charAt(cntl);
					}
				}
				ans += (f.length() - cntf) + (l.length() - cntl);
				out.println(ans);
			} else {
				out.println(-1);
			}

		} catch (ArithmeticException ae) {
			//ae.printStackTrace();
			throw new RuntimeException();
		} catch (Exception e) {
			//e.printStackTrace();
			throw new RuntimeException();
		} finally {
			out.flush();
			out.close();
		}

	}

	class Exm implements Comparable<Exm> {

		public int a;
		public int b;

		public Exm(int a, int b) {
			this.a = a;
			this.b = b;
		}

		@Override
		public int compareTo(Exm o) {

			//return this.a - o.a;//昇順
			// return o.a - this.a;//降順

			//複数項目で並び替え。aの降順、aが同じならbの降順
			if (this.a == o.a) {
				return o.b - this.b;
			} else {
				return o.a - this.a;
			}
		}
	}

	/**
	 *
	 * @param n
	 * @param m
	 * @return Combinationの数を返す(mod無しなので、大きい値には使用できない桁溢れする)
	 */
	long calcCombination(int n, int m) {
		if (n < m || m < 0) {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException("引数の値が不正です ( n : " + n + ", m : " + m + ")");
		}
		long c = 1;
		m = (n - m < m ? n - m : m);
		for (int ns = n - m + 1, ms = 1; ms <= m; ns++, ms++) {
			c *= ns;
			c /= ms;
		}
		return c;
	}

	/*
	 * 使用するときはModに注意。Global変数を参照
	 */
	public static long comb(long a, long b) {
		if (a < b)
			return 0;
		long res = 1;
		long inv = pow(fact(Math.min(b, a - b)), mod - 2);
		for (long i = a; i > a - Math.min(b, a - b); i--) {
			res *= i;
			res %= mod;
		}
		res *= inv;
		res %= mod;
		return res;
	}

	public static long pow(long x, long n) {
		long res = 1;
		while (n > 0) {
			if ((n & 1) == 1) {
				res *= x;
				res %= mod;
			}
			x *= x;
			x %= mod;
			n >>= 1;
		}
		return res;
	}

	public static long fact(long n) {
		long res = 1;
		while (n > 0) {
			res *= n;
			res %= mod;
			n--;
		}
		return res;
	}

	/*
	 * HashmapのSort
	 * hmはhashmap
	 * keyvalは"key" or "val"を指定して
	 * ascdescは"asc" or "desc"を指定して
	 */
	private static List<Entry<Integer, Integer>> sortHashMapValue(HashMap<Integer, Integer> hm, String keyval,
			String ascdesc) {
		// 1.Map.Entryのリストを作成する
		List<Entry<Integer, Integer>> list_entries = new ArrayList<Entry<Integer, Integer>>(hm.entrySet());

		// 2.比較関数Comparatorを使用してMap.Entryの値を比較する(昇順)
		Collections.sort(list_entries, new Comparator<Entry<Integer, Integer>>() {
			public int compare(Entry<Integer, Integer> obj1, Entry<Integer, Integer> obj2) {
				if (keyval.equals("val")) {
					if (ascdesc.equals("asc")) {
						// 昇順(value)
						return obj1.getValue().compareTo(obj2.getValue());
					} else {
						// 降順(value)
						return obj2.getValue().compareTo(obj1.getValue());
					}
				} else {
					if (ascdesc.equals("asc")) {
						// 昇順(value)
						return obj1.getKey().compareTo(obj2.getKey());
					} else {
						// 降順(value)
						return obj2.getKey().compareTo(obj1.getKey());
					}
				}
			}
		});
		/*
		// 3. ループで要素順に値を取得する
		for (Entry<Integer, Integer> entry : list_entries) {
			out.println(entry.getKey() + " : " + entry.getValue());
		}
		*/
		return list_entries;
	}

	// 高速なScanner
	static class InputReader {
		private InputStream in;
		private byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
		private int curbuf;
		private int lenbuf;

		public InputReader(InputStream in) {
			this.in = in;
			this.curbuf = this.lenbuf = 0;
		}

		public boolean hasNextByte() {
			if (curbuf >= lenbuf) {
				curbuf = 0;
				try {
					lenbuf = in.read(buffer);
				} catch (IOException e) {
					throw new InputMismatchException();
				}
				if (lenbuf <= 0)
					return false;
			}
			return true;
		}

		private int readByte() {
			if (hasNextByte())
				return buffer[curbuf++];
			else
				return -1;
		}

		private boolean isSpaceChar(int c) {
			return !(c >= 33 && c <= 126);
		}

		private void skip() {
			while (hasNextByte() && isSpaceChar(buffer[curbuf]))
				curbuf++;
		}

		public boolean hasNext() {
			skip();
			return hasNextByte();
		}

		public String next() {
			if (!hasNext())
				throw new NoSuchElementException();
			StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
			int b = readByte();
			while (!isSpaceChar(b)) {
				sb.appendCodePoint(b);
				b = readByte();
			}
			return sb.toString();
		}

		public int nextInt() {
			if (!hasNext())
				throw new NoSuchElementException();
			int c = readByte();
			while (isSpaceChar(c))
				c = readByte();
			boolean minus = false;
			if (c == '-') {
				minus = true;
				c = readByte();
			}
			int res = 0;
			do {
				if (c < '0' || c > '9')
					throw new InputMismatchException();
				res = res * 10 + c - '0';
				c = readByte();
			} while (!isSpaceChar(c));
			return (minus) ? -res : res;
		}

		public long nextLong() {
			if (!hasNext())
				throw new NoSuchElementException();
			int c = readByte();
			while (isSpaceChar(c))
				c = readByte();
			boolean minus = false;
			if (c == '-') {
				minus = true;
				c = readByte();
			}
			long res = 0;
			do {
				if (c < '0' || c > '9')
					throw new InputMismatchException();
				res = res * 10 + c - '0';
				c = readByte();
			} while (!isSpaceChar(c));
			return (minus) ? -res : res;
		}

		public double nextDouble() {
			return Double.parseDouble(next());
		}

		public int[] nextIntArray(int n) {
			int[] a = new int[n];
			for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
				a[i] = nextInt();
			return a;
		}

		public long[] nextLongArray(int n) {
			long[] a = new long[n];
			for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
				a[i] = nextLong();
			return a;
		}

		public char[][] nextCharMap(int n, int m) {
			char[][] map = new char[n][m];
			for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
				map[i] = next().toCharArray();
			return map;
		}
	}
}