//! https://github.com/hatoo/competitive-rust-snippets
//!
//! MIT License
//!
//! Copyright (c) 2018 hatoo
//!
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#![allow(unused_imports, unused_macros, dead_code)]
use std::cmp::{max, min, Ordering};
use std::collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet, BinaryHeap, HashMap, HashSet, VecDeque};
use std::io::{stdin, stdout, BufWriter, Write};
use std::iter::FromIterator;
mod util {
    use std::fmt::Debug;
    use std::io::{stdin, stdout, BufWriter, StdoutLock};
    use std::str::FromStr;
    pub fn line() -> String {
        let mut line: String = String::new();
        stdin().read_line(&mut line).unwrap();
        line.trim().to_string()
    }
    pub fn chars() -> Vec<char> {
        line().chars().collect()
    }
    pub fn gets<T: FromStr>() -> Vec<T>
    where
        <T as FromStr>::Err: Debug,
    {
        let mut line: String = String::new();
        stdin().read_line(&mut line).unwrap();
        line.split_whitespace()
            .map(|t| t.parse().unwrap())
            .collect()
    }
    pub fn with_bufwriter<F: FnOnce(BufWriter<StdoutLock>) -> ()>(f: F) {
        let out = stdout();
        let writer = BufWriter::new(out.lock());
        f(writer)
    }
}
macro_rules !get {([$t :ty ] ) =>{{let mut line :String =String ::new () ;stdin () .read_line (&mut line ) .unwrap () ;line .split_whitespace () .map (|t |t .parse ::<$t >() .unwrap () ) .collect ::<Vec <_ >>() } } ;([$t :ty ] ;$n :expr ) =>{(0 ..$n ) .map (|_ |get !([$t ] ) ) .collect ::<Vec <_ >>() } ;($t :ty ) =>{{let mut line :String =String ::new () ;stdin () .read_line (&mut line ) .unwrap () ;line .trim () .parse ::<$t >() .unwrap () } } ;($($t :ty ) ,*) =>{{let mut line :String =String ::new () ;stdin () .read_line (&mut line ) .unwrap () ;let mut iter =line .split_whitespace () ;($(iter .next () .unwrap () .parse ::<$t >() .unwrap () ,) *) } } ;($t :ty ;$n :expr ) =>{(0 ..$n ) .map (|_ |get !($t ) ) .collect ::<Vec <_ >>() } ;($($t :ty ) ,*;$n :expr ) =>{(0 ..$n ) .map (|_ |get !($($t ) ,*) ) .collect ::<Vec <_ >>() } ;}
macro_rules !debug {($($a :expr ) ,*) =>{eprintln !(concat !($(stringify !($a ) ," = {:?}, " ) ,*) ,$($a ) ,*) ;} }
const BIG_STACK_SIZE: bool = true;
fn main() {
    use std::thread;
    if BIG_STACK_SIZE {
        thread::Builder::new()
            .stack_size(32 * 1024 * 1024)
            .name("solve".into())
            .spawn(solve)
            .unwrap()
            .join()
            .unwrap();
    } else {
        solve();
    }
}
fn solve() {
    let s: Vec<char> = get!(String).chars().collect();
    let mut left = 0;
    let mut right = s.len() - 1;
    let mut cnt = 0;

    while left < right {
        if s[left] == s[right] {
            left += 1;
            right -= 1;
            continue;
        }
        if s[left] == 'x' {
            left += 1;
            cnt += 1;
            continue;
        }
        if s[right] == 'x' {
            right -= 1;
            cnt += 1;
            continue;
        }
        println!("-1");
        return;
    }

    println!("{}", cnt);
}


Measured memory_bytes: 8572