import sys
import heapq
import re
from itertools import permutations
from bisect import bisect_left, bisect_right
from collections import Counter, deque
from math import factorial, sqrt, ceil, gcd
from functools import lru_cache, reduce
from decimal import Decimal
from operator import mul

INF = 1 << 60
MOD = 1000000007
sys.setrecursionlimit(10 ** 7)


# UnionFind
class UnionFind():
    def __init__(self, n):
        self.n = n
        self.parents = [-1] * n

    def find(self, x):
        if self.parents[x] < 0:
            return x
        else:
            self.parents[x] = self.find(self.parents[x])
            return self.parents[x]

    def union(self, x, y):
        x = self.find(x)
        y = self.find(y)

        if x == y:
            return

        if self.parents[x] > self.parents[y]:
            x, y = y, x

        self.parents[x] += self.parents[y]
        self.parents[y] = x

    def size(self, x):
        return -self.parents[self.find(x)]

    def same(self, x, y):
        return self.find(x) == self.find(y)

    def members(self, x):
        root = self.find(x)
        return [i for i in range(self.n) if self.find(i) == root]

    def roots(self):
        return [i for i, x in enumerate(self.parents) if x < 0]

    def group_count(self):
        return len(self.roots())

    def all_group_members(self):
        return {r: self.members(r) for r in self.roots()}

    def __str__(self):
        return '\n'.join('{}: {}'.format(r, self.members(r)) for r in self.roots())

# ダイクストラ
def dijkstra_heap(s, edge, n):
    #始点sから各頂点への最短距離
    d = [10**20] * n
    used = [True] * n #True:未確定
    d[s] = 0
    used[s] = False
    edgelist = []
    for a,b in edge[s]:
        heapq.heappush(edgelist,a*(10**6)+b)
    while len(edgelist):
        minedge = heapq.heappop(edgelist)
        #まだ使われてない頂点の中から最小の距離のものを探す
        if not used[minedge%(10**6)]:
            continue
        v = minedge%(10**6)
        d[v] = minedge//(10**6)
        used[v] = False
        for e in edge[v]:
            if used[e[1]]:
                heapq.heappush(edgelist,(e[0]+d[v])*(10**6)+e[1])
    return d

# 素因数分解
def factorization(n):
    arr = []
    temp = n
    for i in range(2, int(-(-n**0.5//1))+1):
        if temp%i==0:
            cnt=0
            while temp%i==0:
                cnt+=1
                temp //= i
            arr.append([i, cnt])

    if temp!=1:
        arr.append([temp, 1])

    if arr==[]:
        arr.append([n, 1])

    return arr

# 組合せnCr
def combinations_count(n, r):
    if n < r:
        return 0
    r = min(r, n - r)
    numer = reduce(mul, range(n, n - r, -1), 1)
    denom = reduce(mul, range(1, r + 1), 1)
    return numer // denom

# 2数の最小公倍数
def lcm(x, y):
    return (x * y) // gcd(x, y)

# リストの要素の最小公倍数
def lcm_list(numbers):
    return reduce(lcm, numbers, 1)

# リストの要素の最大公約数
def gcd_list(numbers):
    return reduce(gcd, numbers)

# 素数判定
def is_prime(n):
    if n <= 1:
        return False
    p = 2
    while True:
        if p ** 2 > n:
            break
        if n % p == 0:
            return False
        p += 1
    return True


# limit以下の素数を列挙
def eratosthenes(limit):
    A = [i for i in range(2, limit+1)]
    P = []

    while True:
        prime = min(A)
        
        if prime > sqrt(limit):
            break
            
        P.append(prime)
            
        i = 0
        while i < len(A):
            if A[i] % prime == 0:
                A.pop(i)
                continue
            i += 1
            
    for a in A:
        P.append(a)
            
    return P

# 同じものを含む順列
def permutation_with_duplicates(L):

    if L == []:
        return [[]]

    else:
        ret = []

        # set（集合）型で重複を削除、ソート
        S = sorted(set(L))

        for i in S:

            data = L[:]
            data.remove(i)

            for j in permutation_with_duplicates(data):
                ret.append([i] + j)

        return ret

def make_divisors(n):
    lower_divisors , upper_divisors = [], []
    i = 1
    while i*i <= n:
        if n % i == 0:
            lower_divisors.append(i)
            if i != n // i:
                upper_divisors.append(n//i)
        i += 1
    return lower_divisors + upper_divisors[::-1]

# ここから書き始める
s = input()
n = len(s)

def func(s, n):
    if "x" not in s:
        if s == s[::-1]:
            # print(0)
            return 0
        else:
            # print(-1)
            return -1
    else:
        s3 = s.replace("x", "")
        if s3 != s3[::-1]:
            return -1
        ans = 0
        s2 = s
        i = 0
        while True:
            m = len(s2)
            if i >= m:
                break
            if s2[i] == "x" and s2[m - i - 1] != "x":
                s2 = s2[:i] + s2[i + 1:]
                ans += 1
            elif s2[i] != "x" and s2[m - i - 1] == "x":
                s2 = s2[:m - i - 1] + s2[m - i:]
                ans += 1
            else:
                i += 1
        # print(ans)       
        return ans

        # ans1 = 0
        # cnt1 = 0
        # for i in range(n):
        #     if s[i] == "x":
        #         if s[n - i - 1 + cnt1] != "x":
        #             ans1 += 1

        # ans2 = 0
        # for i in reversed(range(n)):
        #     print("n - i - 1 - ans2 =", n - i - 1 - ans2)
        #     if s[i] == "x":
        #         if s[n - i - 1 - ans2] != "x":
        #             ans2 += 1
        # print("ans1 =", ans1)
        # print("ans2 =", ans2)

ans = func(s, n)
print(ans)

# def dfs(i, n, ret):
#     if i == n:
#         print("%s : %d" % (ret, func(ret, n)))
#         # print(ret)
#         # print(func(ret, n))
#         return 
    
#     dfs(i + 1, n, ret + "a")
#     dfs(i + 1, n, ret + "b")
#     dfs(i + 1, n, ret + "x")

# n = 3
# dfs(0, n, "")

Measured memory_bytes: 96816