His words seemed as rude as it was impolite.
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代指的是words,这里说话人把 his words 当作一个整体(理解为”他说的话“),所以选者用it代指.

这种情况并不是没有:我可以举一个大家都接受的用法

Mathematics is difficult.

这里数学作为学科是复数,但是被当作一个整体,所以用is.

但是以我看,在这一句话还是用they are比较严谨,they are肯定不会错.