Is the real root of $x^4+3 x-3$ constructible?

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I don't know how to solve the following:

Let $\alpha$ be a real root of $f(x)=x^4+3x-3\in Q[x]$. Is $\alpha$ a constructible number?

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I tried to get some info about the Galois group $G$ of $f$ (over $\mathbb Q$). It turns out that $f$ has a root $-1$ in $\mathbb F_5$ and $f(x)/(x+1)$ is irreducible in $\mathbb F_5[x]$. The group $G\subset S_4$ thus contains a $3$-cycle (Frobenius at $p=5$), in particular the order of $G$ is not a power of $2$, so the roots of $f$ are not constructible.