[Grammar] Don't or Doesn't?

[Allan Martini Colombo]

Here's the following sentence:

"Maybe those words don't/doesn't mean a lot to you."

I know the "word" refers to the third person, therefore I should use "doesn't". However, I got confuse when sentences like that comes up. In this sentence we have the "word" in plural, what makes me think in "don't". am I right? Is my reasoning correct?

 

[SoothingDave]

Third person, like first and second, has both singular and plural.

It does. They don't.

 

[Tdol]

In this sentence we have the "word" in plural, what makes me think in "don't". am I right? Is my reasoning correct?

This part is correct, though I would say it in something like the following way:

In this sentence we have "words" in the plural, which makes me think "don't" is correct. Am I right?

 

[GoesStation]

Here's the following sentence:

"Maybe those words don't/doesn't mean a lot to you."

I know the "word" refers to the third person, therefore I should use "doesn't". However, I got confuse when sentences like that comes up. In this sentence we have the "word" in plural, what makes me think in "don't". am I right? Is my reasoning correct?

Try simplifying the sentence and comparing the options:
Words don't mean a lot.
Words doesn't mean a lot.

Which sentence looks correct?