Meaning
A water-soluble vitamin, a component of vitamin B complex, found in meat, yeast, and dairy products; it is essential to metabolism.
Etymology
Origin: Unknown
in 1942 derived from nicotinic + acid + vitamin, chosen to dissociate it from nicotine, to avoid the perception that vitamins or niacin-rich food contains nicotine, or that cigarettes contain vitamins.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
E375 when used as a colour retention agentnicotinic acidvitamin B3vitamin P-PPP-factorpellagra-preventive factorvitamin PPacidaderminaneurin
NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 44 recorded puzzles:
- 2026-10-03IABCHLN
- 2026-09-25CADEINV
- 2026-09-18ACINQTU
- 2026-08-22IACNRTU
- 2026-07-27IACNTVY
- 2026-06-29CAFILNU
- 2026-06-12NACILPT
- 2026-06-01IACENTX
- 2026-05-23ACDEINY
- 2026-03-08IACNOTX
- 2026-02-26IATMNYC
- 2026-01-18CTANGID
+32 earlier appearances in the archive.